High mortality of bloodstream infection outbreak caused by carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa producing SPM-1 in a bone marrow transplant unit.

CONCLUSIONS: The predominant clone belonging to ST277 showed high mortality. Carbapenem use was the only risk factor associated with CRPa-BSI. This finding is a wake-up call for the need to improve management in BMT units.
PMID: 29095142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - November 2, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Chaves L, Tomich LM, Salomão M, Leite GC, Ramos J, Martins RR, Rizek C, Neves P, Batista MV, Amigo U, Guimaraes T, Levin AS, Costa SF Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research