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

Klein, Sabrina; Boutin, Sébastien; Späth, Isabel; Kimmich, Christoph; Brandt, Juliane; Müller-Tidow, Carsten; Heeg, Klaus; Nurjadi, Dennis · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

case_series · Level IV

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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.

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