Using Pandemic-Era Longitudinal Surveillance Data to Improve Investigations of Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> Clusters
Using longitudinal surveillance data identified possible CRAB transmission events undetected through standard investigation. Comparing the median SNP differences between spatially linked and non-spatially linked cases confirmed that the 10-SNP threshold was appropriate for defining CRAB clusters. Health departments can apply this method to enhance infectious disease investigations and determine appropriate SNP thresholds for infectious disease clusters.
Authors
- Christina Brandeburg
- Danielle Chaney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0203-0767)
- Jessica Leaf
- Nicolas Epie
- Esther D. Fortes
- Matthew Doucette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6073-7237)
- Shauna Onofrey
- Melissa Cumming
- Barbara Bolstorff
Institutions
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Reports
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549251358652
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention