Genome Sequencing to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Due to Importation and Intra-facility Transmission in a Regional Hospital Network: Study Protocol for Implementation Research
The study shall generate evidence on genoepidemiology, transmission dynamics of HAIs due to CRAb in Odisha, India, and the associated risk factors. The lessons from context-specific implementation strategies (covering infection surveillance, prevention strategies, and antibiotic stewardship domains) to tackle CRAb-associated HAIs outbreaks and the feasibility, acceptability, and sustainability shall inform the policy and practices. The geographic signatures of horizontal CRAb-associated HAIs will generate a new knowledge base to design future intervention measures.
Authors
- Priya Ranjan Lenka
- Basanti Kumari Pathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9112-3249)
- Balamurugan Ramadass (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8158-230X)
- Kumudini Panigrahi
- Shikha Dixit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-5268)
- Rajashree Panigrahy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-4894)
- Ashoka Mahapatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4046-7305)
- Manoja Kumar Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8559-5837)
- Jyoti Prakash Sahoo
- Indrani Mohanty
- Sanghamitra Padhi
Institutions
- Siksha O Anusandhan University (IN)
- Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Lahey Medical Center (US)
- Index Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar (IN)
- Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital (IN)
- INCLEN Trust International (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.94812
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Indian Council of Medical Research