Investigation of sequential outbreaks of Burkholderia cepacia and multidrug-resistant extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Klebsiella species in a West African tertiary hospital neonatal unit: a retrospective genomic analysis

Uduak Okomo, Madikay Senghore, Saffiatou Darboe, Ebrima Bojang, Akram Zaman Akramuzzaman, Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Davis Nwakanma, Kirsty Le Doare, Kathryn E Holt, Nina Judith Hos, Joy E Lawn, Stephen D Bentley, Beate Kampmann

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Abstract

Sick newborns admitted to neonatal units in low-resource settings are at an increased risk of developing hospital-acquired infections due to poor clinical care practices. Clusters of infection, due to the same species, with a consistent antibiotic resistance profile, and in the same ward over a short period of time might be indicative of an outbreak. We used whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to define the transmission pathways and characterise two distinct outbreaks of neonatal bacteraemia in a west African neonatal unit.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)E119-E129
JournalThe Lancet Microbe
Volume1
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jul 2020

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