A urokinase-associated outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bloodstream infections in haemodialysis patients in north-eastern Italy, January to April 2023

An outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bloodstream infections occurred in four hospitals in north-eastern Italy, involving 20 haemodialysis patients with tunnelled central vascular catheter access. We identified as the outbreak source a batch of urokinase vials imported from India contaminated with R. mannitolilytica. Whole genome sequences of the clinical and urokinase strains were highly related, and only urokinase-treated patients were reported with R. mannitolilytica infections (attack rate = 34%; 95% confidence interval: 22.1-47.4). Discontinuation of the contaminated urokinase terminated the outbreak.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 28(2023), 28 vom: 12. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fabricci, Massimiliano [VerfasserIn]
Trinca, Anaïs [VerfasserIn]
Talotti, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Busetti, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Fotakis, Emmanouil Alexandros [VerfasserIn]
Merakou, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Koncan, Raffaella [VerfasserIn]
Ghiotti, Annachiara [VerfasserIn]
Negri, Camilla [VerfasserIn]
Di Maso, Vittorio [VerfasserIn]
Bosco, Manuela [VerfasserIn]
Antonelli, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Coppi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Rossolini, Gian Maria [VerfasserIn]
Giuliani, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Scarpis, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
Gregoretti, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Licastro, Danilo [VerfasserIn]
Luzzati, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Costantino, Venera [VerfasserIn]
multidisciplinary working group [VerfasserIn]
Multidisciplinary working group [VerfasserIn]
Barbone, Fabio [Sonstige Person]
Bedina, Elisa [Sonstige Person]
Bottacin, Tania [Sonstige Person]
Cara, Alice [Sonstige Person]
Cipriani, Leda [Sonstige Person]
Cocconi, Roberto [Sonstige Person]
Cordova Luna, Maryluz [Sonstige Person]
D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco [Sonstige Person]
Di Bella, Stefano [Sonstige Person]
Di Santolo, Manuela [Sonstige Person]
Dolce, Stefano [Sonstige Person]
Fais, Roberta [Sonstige Person]
Fontana, Francesco [Sonstige Person]
Guerra, Antonietta [Sonstige Person]
Lucarelli, Claudia [Sonstige Person]
Maraglino, Francesco [Sonstige Person]
Martone, Massimiliano [Sonstige Person]
Maurel, Cristina [Sonstige Person]
Mian, Lucia [Sonstige Person]
Monticelli, Jacopo [Sonstige Person]
Pagotto, Alberto [Sonstige Person]
Parenzan, Ketty [Sonstige Person]
Pezzotti, Patrizio [Sonstige Person]
Pipoli, Alessandro [Sonstige Person]
Roni, Chiara [Sonstige Person]
Sabbatucci, Michela [Sonstige Person]
Sartor, Assunta [Sonstige Person]
Schincariol, Paolo [Sonstige Person]
Tascini, Carlo [Sonstige Person]
Tosto, Massimiliano [Sonstige Person]
Turello, Gabriele [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Bacteraemia
Catheter
Dialysis
EC 3.4.21.73
Journal Article
Mannitolilytica
Outbreak
Ralstonia
Sepsis
Urokinase
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.07.2023

Date Revised 12.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.28.2300328

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359411363