Control of Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in the neonatal intensive care unit in Latvia: whole-genome sequencing powered investigation and closure of the ward.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging pathogen capable of causing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). It has the ability to survive on environmental surfaces for months, making transmission difficult to control. Our report describes the investigation and restriction of an outbreak of A.baumannii in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and multi-modal infection control measures.

Methods

A prospective surveillance of HAIs was initiated in the NICU at the Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH) in Latvia on 1/9/2012 and identified an outbreak of A.baumannii. Case definitions for A.baumannii bloodstream infection (BSI) and colonization were implemented; surveillance cultures were obtained

SUBMITTER: Gramatniece A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532256 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature