First documented outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Switzerland: infection control measures and clinical management

Publikation

First documented outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Switzerland: infection control measures and clinical management

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 30.01.2014

Lemmenmeier E, Kohler Philipp, Bruderer T, Goldenberger D, Kleger Gian-Reto, Schlegel Matthias

Zitation

Lemmenmeier E, Kohler P, Bruderer T, Goldenberger D, Kleger G, Schlegel M. First documented outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Switzerland: infection control measures and clinical management. Infection 2014; 42:529-34.

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

Infection 2014; 42

Veröffentlichungsdatum

30.01.2014

eISSN (Online)

1439-0973

Seiten

529-34

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

We report the epidemiological and clinical features of the first outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-KP) type 2 in Switzerland. The outbreak took place in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) of our tertiary care hospital and affected three severely ill patients. After the implementation of strict infection control measures, no further patients colonised with KPC-KP could be detected by the screening of exposed patients. Successful treatment of patients infected with KPC-KP consisted of a combination therapy of meropenem, colistin and tigecycline.