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Volume 29, Number 10—October 2023
Research

Community Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections Associated with Contaminated Piercing Aftercare Solution, Australia, 2021

Benjamin T. TrevittComments to Author , Anthea L. Katelaris, Catherine Bateman-Steel, Sandra Chaverot, Sinead Flanigan, Toni Cains, Elena Martinez, Andrew Ginn, Vitali Sintchenko, Arthur Jones, Kishen Lachireddy, Mark J. Ferson, and Vicky Sheppeard
Author affiliations: South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (B.T. Trevitt, A.L. Katelaris, C. Bateman-Steel, S. Chaverot, S. Flanigan, T. Cains, M.J. Ferson, V. Sheppeard); University of Sydney, Sydney (B.T. Trevitt, E. Martinez, A. Ginn, V. Sintchenko, V. Sheppeard); Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney (E. Martinez, A. Ginn, V. Sintchenko); St George Hospital, Sydney (A. Jones); Health Protection NSW, Sydney (K. Lachireddy); University of New South Wales, Sydney (M.J. Ferson)

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Phylogenetic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected in New South Wales in study of community outbreak of P. aeruginosa infections associated with contaminated piercing aftercare solution, Australia, 2021. Whole-genome sequencing was performed, and single-nucleotide polymorphisms were identified for 27 P. aeruginosa isolates from clinical specimens and opened or unopened bottles of Protat aftercare solution (Protat Tattoo Supplies, https://www.protatsupplies.com.au). Cluster analysis showed that all 27 sequences were genomically linked and belonged to sequence type 988. Reference indicates a representative sequence type 988 obtained from GenBank that was included in the analysis for comparison. The branch marked SRR13617252 indicates the P. aeruginosa mapping reference genome from the National Center for Biotechnology Information Sequence Read Archive database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected in New South Wales in study of community outbreak of P. aeruginosa infections associated with contaminated piercing aftercare solution, Australia, 2021. Whole-genome sequencing was performed, and single-nucleotide polymorphisms were identified for 27 P. aeruginosa isolates from clinical specimens and opened or unopened bottles of Protat aftercare solution (Protat Tattoo Supplies, https://www.protatsupplies.com.au). Cluster analysis showed that all 27 sequences were genomically linked and belonged to sequence type 988. Reference indicates a representative sequence type 988 obtained from GenBank that was included in the analysis for comparison. The branch marked SRR13617252 indicates the P. aeruginosa mapping reference genome from the National Center for Biotechnology Information Sequence Read Archive database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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