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Volume 31, Number 7—July 2025

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Community Outbreak of OXA-48–Producing Escherichia coli Linked to Food Premises, New Zealand, 2018–2022

Craig N. ThornleyComments to Author , Matthew Kelly, Max Bloomfield, Loushy Mangalasseril, Annette Nesdale, Claire Underwood, Kristin Dyet, Juliet Elvy, Jenny Szeto, Hermes Perez, Xioayun Ren, Rosemary Woodhouse, and Rhys T. White
Author affiliation: Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (C.N. Thornley, M. Kelly, L. Mangalasseril, A. Nesdale, C. Underwood); Awanui Labs Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (M. Bloomfield); Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Porirua, New Zealand (K. Dyet, J. Elvy, J. Szeto, H. Perez, X. Ren, R. Woodhouse, R.T. White); Awanui Labs Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand (J. Elvy)

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Figure 1

Epidemic curve of 25 cases of OXA-48–producing Escherichia coli, by month of sample collection, in study of community outbreak linked to food premises, Hutt Valley, New Zealand, August 2018–December 2022. Cases are categorized according to history of exposure to a community-based food premises (premises A) and history of inpatient admission to Hutt Valley Hospital (HVH) in the 4-year period before detection: 7 had been exposed to premises A but not HVH (red), 11 had been exposed both to premises A and to HVH (blue), 6 had been exposed to HVH but not to premises A (green), and 1 person had been exposed to HVH but premises A exposure was unknown (yellow). CPE, carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales.

Figure 1. Epidemic curve of 25 cases of OXA-48–producing Escherichia coli, by month of sample collection, in study of community outbreak linked to food premises, Hutt Valley, New Zealand, August 2018–December 2022. Cases are categorized according to history of exposure to a community-based food premises (premises A) and history of inpatient admission to Hutt Valley Hospital (HVH) in the 4-year period before detection: 7 had been exposed to premises A but not HVH (red), 11 had been exposed both to premises A and to HVH (blue), 6 had been exposed to HVH but not to premises A (green), and 1 person had been exposed to HVH but premises A exposure was unknown (yellow). CPE, carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales.

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