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Investigation and management of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Outbreak in Intensive Care Unit of Tanta University Emergency Hospital

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Antimicrobial agents

Abstract

Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae infection is responsible for a wide range of infections including pneumonia, bacteremia, wound infections, and urinary tract infections. Objective: To investigate and manage the occurrence of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in Intensive Care Unit of Tanta University Emergency Hospital. Methodology: The investigation of the outbreak included isolates identification and typingwhile management included implementation of infection prevention and control precautions; establishment of an Outbreak Control Team; epidemiological investigations; and decontamination of environment. Results: During September 2020, five patients in the Intensive Care Unit in Emergency Hospital of Tanta University had multi drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae identified in samples obtained from a variety of specimens. The fifth case was identified 10 days following confirmation of the first case. The Microbiology laboratory confirmed the five cases had identical Klebsiella pneumoniae strains. This suggests that there was a patient-to- patient spread of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Conclusion: This investigation revealed the importance of proactive recognition of a possible outbreak, screening of patients transferred from other hospitals, early identification of any unusual microorganisms and implementation of early infection control interventions.

Keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae, Infection Prevention and Control, Decontamination, healthcare-associated infections, outbreak

Authors

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Maxwell

MiddleName

Youssef

Affiliation

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

sara.reyad@med.tanta.edu.eg

City

Tanta

Orcid

0000-0002-7886-4744

Volume

30

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

26926

Issue Date

2021-07-01

Receive Date

2021-02-28

Publish Date

2021-07-11

Page Start

53

Page End

58

Print ISSN

1110-2179

Online ISSN

2537-0979

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EJMM_Volume 30_Issue 3_Pages 53-58.pdf

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https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/article_188063.html

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https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=188063

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7

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New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.

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2,038

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Publication Link

https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Investigation and management of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Outbreak in Intensive Care Unit of Tanta University Emergency Hospital

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Article

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23 Jan 2023