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Prolonged outbreak of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE), Tuscany, Italy, 2018 to 2019.


ABSTRACT: In Tuscany, Italy, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE) have increased since November 2018. Between November 2018 and October 2019, 1,645 samples were NDM-CRE-positive: 1,270 (77.2%) cases of intestinal carriage, 129 (7.8%) bloodstream infections and 246 (14.9%) infections/colonisations at other sites. Klebsiella pneumoniae were prevalent (1,495; 90.9%), with ST147/NDM-1 the dominant clone. Delayed outbreak identification and response resulted in sustained NDM-CRE transmission in the North-West area of Tuscany, but successfully contained spread within the region.

SUBMITTER: Tavoschi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7029447 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prolonged outbreak of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE), Tuscany, Italy, 2018 to 2019.

Tavoschi Lara L   Forni Silvia S   Porretta Andrea A   Righi Lorenzo L   Pieralli Filippo F   Menichetti Francesco F   Falcone Marco M   Gemignani Giulia G   Sani Spartaco S   Vivani Paola P   Bellandi Tommaso T   Tacconi Danilo D   Turini Lucia L   Toccafondi Giulio G   Privitera Gaetano G   Lopalco Pierluigi P   Baggiani Angelo A   Gemmi Fabrizio F   Luchini Grazia G   Petrillo Maurizio M   Roti Lorenzo L   Pezzotti Patrizio P   Pantosti Annalisa A   Iannazzo Stefania S   Mechi Maria Teresa MT   Rossolini Gian Maria GM  

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20200201 6


In Tuscany, Italy, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE) have increased since November 2018. Between November 2018 and October 2019, 1,645 samples were NDM-CRE-positive: 1,270 (77.2%) cases of intestinal carriage, 129 (7.8%) bloodstream infections and 246 (14.9%) infections/colonisations at other sites. <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> were prevalent (1,495; 90.9%), with ST147/NDM-1 the dominant clone. Delayed outbreak identification and response  ...[more]

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