Genomic investigation of a suspected Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a neonatal care unit in sub-Saharan Africa
Cornick J, Musicha P, Peno C, Seager E, Tam P, Bilima S, Bennett A, Kennedy N, Feasey N, Heinz E, Cain A. Genomic investigation of a suspected Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a neonatal care unit in sub-Saharan Africa. Microbial Genomics 2021, 7: 000703. PMID: 34793293, PMCID: PMC8743538, DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStrain sequence typesBloodstream infectionsSpecial Care Neonatal UnitNeonatal care unitImportant hospital pathogensKlebsiella pneumoniae outbreakLarge public hospitalCare unitNeonatal unitPediatric wardNeonatal wardHospital outbreaksTreat infectionsHospital pathogensPublic hospitalsPlasmid typesHospitalWhole-genome sequencingInfectionSequence typesWardsYear periodSaharan AfricaOutbreakLikely cause