Acquisition and Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing (blaKPC-2) Enterobacter cloacae in a Highly Frequented Outpatient Clinic.

Sabrina Klein; Sébastien Boutin; Isabel Späth; Christoph Kimmich; Juliane Brandt; Carsten Müller-Tidow; Klaus Heeg; Dennis Nurjadi

Acquisition and Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing (blaKPC-2) Enterobacter cloacae in a Highly Frequented Outpatient Clinic.

Sabrina Klein, Sébastien Boutin, Isabel Späth, Christoph Kimmich, Juliane Brandt, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Klaus Heeg, Dennis Nurjadi

Institute of Medical Microbiology

Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC)

15 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The role of outpatient clinics as a potential transmission ground for multidrug-resistant organisms has not been adequately investigated. Here, we report a transmission cluster of blaKPC-2-positive Enterobacter cloacae among patients treated in a highly frequented outpatient department.

Original language	English
Journal	Clin Infect Dis
Issue number	5
ISSN	1058-4838
Publication status	Published - 01.03.2021

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