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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 50, 15 December 2011
Rapid communications
A case of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient transferred to Slovenia from Libya, November 2011
M Pir? (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, A Andlovic<SUP>1</SUP>, T Cerar<SUP>1</SUP>, T ?ohar-Čretnik<SUP>2</SUP>, L Kobola<SUP>2</SUP>, J Kolman<SUP>3</SUP>, T Frelih<SUP>3</SUP>, M Pre?ern-?trukelj<SUP>4</SUP>, E Ru?ić-Sabljić<SUP>1</SUP>, K Seme<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Pir? M, Andlovic A, Cerar T, ?ohar-Čretnik T, Kobola L, Kolman J, Frelih T, Pre?ern-?trukelj M, Ru?ić-Sabljić E, Seme K. A case of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient transferred to Slovenia from Libya, November 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(50)
ii=20042. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20042
Date of submission: 06 December 2011 <HR>We report the first documented case of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Slovenia isolated from rectal surveillance cultures from a patient transferred from Libya. The patient was colonised with both ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and ESBL- and OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae. Three further patients were colonised with ESBL-producing E. coli. This underscores the importance of an early warning system on European level and screening upon admission of patients transferred across borders and between healthcare systems.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 50, 15 December 2011
Rapid communications
A case of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient transferred to Slovenia from Libya, November 2011
M Pir? (
- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Institute of Public Health, Celje, Slovenia
- National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University Rehabilitation Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation style for this article: Pir? M, Andlovic A, Cerar T, ?ohar-Čretnik T, Kobola L, Kolman J, Frelih T, Pre?ern-?trukelj M, Ru?ić-Sabljić E, Seme K. A case of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient transferred to Slovenia from Libya, November 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(50)
ii=20042. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20042Date of submission: 06 December 2011 <HR>We report the first documented case of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Slovenia isolated from rectal surveillance cultures from a patient transferred from Libya. The patient was colonised with both ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and ESBL- and OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae. Three further patients were colonised with ESBL-producing E. coli. This underscores the importance of an early warning system on European level and screening upon admission of patients transferred across borders and between healthcare systems.