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

Publication

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

Journal Paper/Review - Jan 30, 2014

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

Citation

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.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Infection 2014; 42

Publication Date

Jan 30, 2014

Issn Electronic

1439-0973

Pages

529-34

Brief description/objective

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.