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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 59, Issue 1, Pages 714-716Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.04306-14
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We investigated sinks as possible sources of a prolonged Klebsiella pneumonia carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella oxytoca outbreak. Seven carbapenem-resistant K. oxytoca isolates were identified in sink drains in 4 patient rooms and in the medication room. Investigations for resistance genes and genetic relatedness of patient and environmental isolates revealed that all the isolates harbored the bla(KPC-2) and bla(TEM-1) genes and were genetically indistinguishable. We describe here a clonal outbreak caused by KPC-2-producing K. oxytoca, and handwashing sinks were a possible reservoir.
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