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Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023
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Outbreak of Pandoraea commovens Infections among Non–Cystic Fibrosis Intensive Care Patients, Germany, 2019–2021

Tassilo KruisComments to Author , Peter Menzel, Rolf Schwarzer, Solveigh Wiesener, Felix Schoenrath, Frank Klefisch, Miriam Stegemann, and Frieder Pfäfflin
Author affiliations: Labor Berlin Charité Vivantes GmbH, Berlin, Germany (T. Kruis, P. Menzel, R. Schwarzer); German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin (S. Wiesener, F. Schoenrath); Paulinenkrankenhaus, Berlin (F. Klefisch); Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin (M. Stegemann, F. Pfäfflin)

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Timeline of an outbreak of Pandoraea commovens among non–cystic fibrosis intensive care patients, Germany, 2019–2021. The cases clustered at Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum (university hospital) and Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (heart center), 2 neighboring institutions that are on the same grounds and staff and patients regularly move between the 2 institutions. Wards 1–7 are located at the same grounds; wards 8 and 10 are located in facilities elsewhere in Berlin (indicated by grey background). X symbols indicate calendar weeks with detection of P. commovens.; horizontal bars in timelines indicate length of stay. ICU, intensive care unit; ND not done; Pt., patient; WGS ID, whole-genome sequencing identification number corresponding to the numbering in phylogenetic tree (Figure 2).

Figure 1. Timeline of an outbreak of Pandoraea commovens among non–cystic fibrosis intensive care patients, Germany, 2019–2021. The cases clustered at Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum (university hospital) and Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (heart center), 2 neighboring institutions that are on the same grounds and staff and patients regularly move between the 2 institutions. Wards 1–7 are located at the same grounds; wards 8 and 10 are located in facilities elsewhere in Berlin (indicated by grey background). X symbols indicate calendar weeks with detection of P. commovens.; horizontal bars in timelines indicate length of stay. ICU, intensive care unit; ND not done; Pt., patient; WGS ID, whole-genome sequencing identification number corresponding to the numbering in phylogenetic tree (Figure 2).

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