Transmission of KPC producing Klebsiella pneumoniae despite appropriate barrier precautions of an intensive care unit in the Netherlands
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Methods A 68 year old female who was travelling in Greece was admitted to the ICU of the University Hospital of Ioannina in Greece for urosepsis and hypercapnic coma. The patient was transferred to the ICU of the Spaarne Hospital on September 22 2010 (day 9). Patient was admitted in strict barrier precautions for MRSA. Intestinal carriage of MDR Enterobacteriaceae was screened at admission and a carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae strain was isolated from a throat swab. A confirmational PCR was positive for blaKPC. On October 14th a routine urine sample from a patient who had been admitted for 15 days at the ICU, tested positive for a genotypically identical KPC producing K. pneumoniae.
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