Successful termination of a multi-year wastewater-associated outbreak of NDM-5-carrying E. coli in a hemato-oncological center
NDM-5-EC, especially high-risk clones such as ST167 and ST617, can persist in hospital wastewater systems despite cleaning and disinfection efforts and can cause prolonged outbreaks. Therefore, a comprehensive bundle of interventions like the ones applied in our study is essential, especially in clinical settings with heavily immunosuppressed patients.
Authors
- Patrick Hyden
- Petra Apfalter
- Sigrid Machherndl‐Spandl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1247-7948)
- Adriana Cabal Rosel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9346-1612)
- Heidrun Kerschner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9094-371X)
- Lucia Berning
- Werner Ruppitsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9940-3333)
- Rainer Hartl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9007-6089)
- Linda Jernej
- Anna Blaimschein
Institutions
- Johannes Kepler University of Linz (AT)
- University of Salzburg (AT)
- Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen (AT)
- Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen (AT)
- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-025-01539-0
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.59