Outbreak of NDM-1– and OXA-181–Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa
Rindidzani E. Magobo, Husna Ismail, Michelle Lowe, Wilhelmina Strasheim, Ruth Mogokotleng, Olga Perovic, Stanford Kwenda, Arshad Ismail, Manala Makua, Abram Bore, Rose Phayane, Harishia Naidoo, Tanya Dennis, Makhosazane Ngobese, Wim Wijnant, Nelesh P. Govender
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Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa (R.E. Magobo, H. Ismail, M. Lowe, W. Strasheim, R. Mogokotleng, O. Perovic, S. Kwenda, A. Ismail, N.P. Govender); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (O. Perovic, N.P. Govender); National Department of Health, Pretoria (M. Makua); Gauteng Provincial Department of Health, Johannesburg (A. Bore); Tembisa Provincial Hospital, Johannesburg (R. Phayane, H. Naidoo, T. Dennis, M. Ngobese, W. Wijnant); University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (N.P. Govender); University of Exeter, Exeter, UK (N.P. Govender).
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Figure 2. Epidemic curve of 31 cases of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection by date of specimen collection and ST of isolate during outbreak period, South Africa, October 2019–February 2020. ST, sequence type.
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