Investigation of an Enterobacter hormaechei OXA-436 carbapenemase outbreak: when everything goes down the drain

• Main Authors: Christina Raun-Petersen (Author), Annette Toft (Author), Mette Marie Nordestgaard (Author), Anette Holm (Author), Søren Overballe-Petersen (Author), Anette M. Hammerum (Author), Henrik Hasman (Author), Ulrik Stenz Justesen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Over a time period of 18 months an Enterobacter hormaechei sequence type (ST) 90, harboring a blaOXA-436 carbapenemase gene, was isolated from seven patients at Odense University Hospital, Denmark. The patients were all from the same department, but there was no apparent direct epidemiologi...