The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing

The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing

Abstract Background Klebsiella variicola has been implicated in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) outbreaks previously and can be misidentified as Klebsiella pneumoniae. An increased incidence of K. pneumoniae bacteremia on the NICU of our institution was notified to the infection prevention and c...

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Main Authors: Rhys T. White, Michelle Balm, Megan Burton, Samantha Hutton, Jamaal Jeram, Matthew Kelly, Donia Macartney-Coxson, Tanya Sinha, Henrietta Sushames, David J. Winter, Maxim G. Bloomfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-02-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Genomics
Disease outbreaks
Phylogenetic analyses
Infection control
Multilocus sequence typing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-025-01529-2
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