Hospital toilets and drainage systems as a reservoir for a long-term polyclonal outbreak of clinical infections with multidrug-resistant Klebsiella oxytoca species complex
This investigation uncovered a polyclonal outbreak of multidrug-resistant <i>K. oxytoca</i> and <i>K. michiganensis</i> and unveiled a persistent reservoir of outbreak clones in the drainage system and toilet water, facilitating exchange of resistance genes. The risk of toilet water as a source of clinical infections warrants further investigation.
Authors
- Anna Kaarina Pöntinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3160-2042)
- Jon Birger Haug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-0723)
- Ørjan Samuelsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5525-2614)
- Torunn Pedersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9593-8119)
- Arnfinn Sundsfjord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3728-2270)
- Astri Lervik Larsen
- T Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9916-7772)
- Anja Dyresen Guleng
Institutions
- University Hospital of North Norway (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Østfold Hospital Trust (NO)
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Prevention in Practice
- Published
- 2024-12-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2024.100430
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.17