Nosocomial outbreak due to Klebsiella pneumoniae at a neurosurgery unit.

Alicja Sekowska, Dorota Kamińska, Beata Nakonowska, Eugenia Gospodarek

Department of Microbiology, Nicolas Copernicus University, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland. ala.sek@wp.pl

Polish journal of microbiology / Polskie Towarzystwo Mikrobiologów = The Polish Society of Microbiologists 2012

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Thirty three isolates of K. pneumoniae were studied. The strains were cultured from different clinical specimens received from patients hospitalised at a Neurosurgery Unit at the Dr Jurasz University Hospital in Bydgoszcz. Production of ESBL was assessed using double disk synergy test. The genomic DNA was extracted from the strains separated by PFGE after digesting with XbaI endonuclease. Production of ESBL was detected in 81.8% of K. pneumoniae isolates. Molecular typing results revealed a great genetic diversity among K. pneumoniae isolates. All repeated PFGE patterns were detected in 12 (36.3%) K. pneumoniae isolates.

Citation

Alicja Sekowska, Dorota Kamińska, Beata Nakonowska, Eugenia Gospodarek. Nosocomial outbreak due to Klebsiella pneumoniae at a neurosurgery unit. Polish journal of microbiology / Polskie Towarzystwo Mikrobiologów = The Polish Society of Microbiologists. 2012;61(4):311-3