title: Nosocomial outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella oxytoca in Austria.
abstract: To date, no outbreak of carbapenemase-producing bacteria has been reported for Austria. While outbreaks of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae have been increasingly reported, no outbreak caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella oxytoca has been described yet, to the best of our knowledge. We report an outbreak of KPC-producing K. oxytoca. In 5 months, 31 KPC-producing Klebsiella oxytoca strains were isolated from five patients. All patients were admitted to the same medical intensive care unit in Austria.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoenigl
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Valentin
authors.forename: Gernot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zarfel
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wuerstl
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leitner
authors.forename: Helmut J F
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Salzer
authors.forename: Josefa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Posch
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: Andrea J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Grisold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D041121:Klebsiella oxytoca / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C063912:carbapenemase