The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing
Access to dWGS at the level of the local hospital laboratory permitted rapid identification of an outbreak of an organism displaying no unusual antimicrobial resistance features at a point where there were only two known cases. This in turn facilitated a rapid IPC response.
Authors
- Donia Macartney‐Coxson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1051-537X)
- Rhys T. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6620-758X)
- Max Bloomfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3920-7151)
- Michelle Balm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2969-1277)
- Samantha Hutton
- David J. Winter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6165-0029)
- Tanya Sinha
- Matthew James Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7963-2139)
- Megan Burton
- Jamaal Jeram
- Henrietta Sushames
Institutions
- New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-025-01529-2
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.91
Funders
- Institute of Environmental Science and Research