Healthcare professionals challenged by 14 distinct carbapenemase-producing micro-organisms in a war-injured Ukrainian patient
The Russia-Ukraine war lead to evacuation of patients across Europe. We present an unprecedented case of a severely injured Ukrainian soldier carrying 11 carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, two carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and one carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, together harboring six different carbapenemase genes and with evidence for in-patient transfer of resistance plasmids.
Authors
- Angela de Haan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-1835)
- Fabian Landman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6543-836X)
- Sandra Witteveen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9132-9028)
- Nashwan al Naiemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0176-9853)
- Daan W. Notermans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9494-0989)
- Nienke L. Plantinga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5979-0313)
- Antoni P. A. Hendrickx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-9323)
- Ralph J. de Wit
- Suzanne Van Asten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-4577)
- Maarten J. Schijffelen
Institutions
- Thales (Netherlands) (NL)
- Medisch Spectrum Twente (NL)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02523-x
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.05