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Successful Eradication of a Monoclonal Strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae during a K. pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing K. pneumoniae Outbreak in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit in Miami, Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

L. Silvia Munoz-Price ,
Carolina De La Cuesta ,
Stephen Adams ,
Mary Wyckoff ,
Timothy Cleary ,
Sandra P. McCurdy ,
Michael D. Huband ,
M. Megan Lemmon ,
MaryKay Lescoe  and
Fadia B. Dibhajj
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L. Silvia Munoz-Price*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Miami, Florida University of Miami, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Carolina De La Cuesta
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Miami, Florida University of Miami, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Stephen Adams
Affiliation:
University of Miami, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Mary Wyckoff
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Miami, Florida University of Miami, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida
Timothy Cleary
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Miami, Florida
Sandra P. McCurdy
Affiliation:
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Michael D. Huband
Affiliation:
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
M. Megan Lemmon
Affiliation:
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
MaryKay Lescoe
Affiliation:
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Fadia B. Dibhajj
Affiliation:
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Mary K. Hayden
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Karen Lolans
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
John P. Quinn
Affiliation:
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
*
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Park Plaza West L-302, 1611 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136-1096, ([email protected])
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We describe the investigation and control of a Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae outbreak in a 20-bed surgical intensive care unit during the period from January 1, 2009 through January 1, 2010. Nine patients were either colonized or infected with a monoclonal strain of K. pneumoniae. The implementation of a bundle of interventions on July 2009 successfully controlled the further horizontal spread of this organism.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 10 , October 2010 , pp. 1074 - 1077
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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