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Nosocomial transmission of a blaVIM-2 carbapenemase integron between isolates of two different Pseudomonas species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2021

Andrea C. Büchler Open the ORCID record for Andrea C. Büchler [Opens in a new window] ,
Daniel Wüthrich ,
Melanie Wicki Jauslin ,
Adrian Egli  and
Andreas F. Widmer
Andrea C. Büchler
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Daniel Wüthrich
Affiliation:
Division of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland Applied Microbiology Research, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Melanie Wicki Jauslin
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Adrian Egli
Affiliation:
Division of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland Applied Microbiology Research, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Andreas F. Widmer*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
*
Author for correspondence: Andreas F. Widmer, E-mail: andreas.widmer@usb.ch
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Abstract

We report the first documented in-hospital patient-to-patient-transmission of a blaVIM-2 integron between isolates of Pseudomonas alcaligenes and P. aeruginosa. Molecular typing looking only for difference within species may fail to detect nosocomial transmission of resistance genes.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , February 2022 , pp. 245 - 247
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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