Nosocomial Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca in Austria

Abstract

ABSTRACTTo date, no outbreak of carbapenemase-producing bacteria has been reported for Austria. While outbreaks ofKlebsiella pneumoniaecarbapenemase (KPC)-producingK. pneumoniaehave been increasingly reported, no outbreak caused by KPC-producingKlebsiella oxytocahas been described yet, to the best of our knowledge. We report an outbreak of KPC-producingK. oxytoca. In 5 months, 31 KPC-producingKlebsiella oxytocastrains were isolated from five patients. All patients were admitted to the same medical intensive care unit in Austria.