Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 29, 21 July 2011
Rapid communications
First isolation and outbreak of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Irish hospital, March to June 2011
D J O?Brien (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, C Wrenn<SUP>1</SUP>, C Roche<SUP>2</SUP>, L Rose<SUP>2</SUP>, C Fenelon<SUP>1</SUP>, A Flynn<SUP>1</SUP>, V Murphy<SUP>1</SUP>, S F FitzGerald<SUP>1</SUP>, L E Fenelon<SUP>1</SUP>, B Crowley<SUP>2</SUP>, K Schaffer<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: O?Brien DJ, Wrenn C, Roche C, Rose L, Fenelon C, Flynn A, Murphy V, FitzGerald SF, Fenelon LE, Crowley B, Schaffer K. First isolation and outbreak of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Irish hospital, March to June 2011 . Euro Surveill. 2011;16(29)
ii=19921. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19921
Date of submission: 18 July 2011 <HR>Five OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae were detected in a tertiary referral hospital in Ireland between March and June 2011. They were found in the clinical isolates of five cases that were inpatients on general surgical wards. None of the cases had received healthcare at a facility outside of Ireland in the previous 12 months. This is the first report of OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae in Ireland.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 29, 21 July 2011
Rapid communications
First isolation and outbreak of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Irish hospital, March to June 2011
D J O?Brien (
- Department of Microbiology, St. Vincent?s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- St. James?s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Citation style for this article: O?Brien DJ, Wrenn C, Roche C, Rose L, Fenelon C, Flynn A, Murphy V, FitzGerald SF, Fenelon LE, Crowley B, Schaffer K. First isolation and outbreak of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Irish hospital, March to June 2011 . Euro Surveill. 2011;16(29)
ii=19921. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19921 Date of submission: 18 July 2011 <HR>Five OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae were detected in a tertiary referral hospital in Ireland between March and June 2011. They were found in the clinical isolates of five cases that were inpatients on general surgical wards. None of the cases had received healthcare at a facility outside of Ireland in the previous 12 months. This is the first report of OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae in Ireland.
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