TY - JOUR
T1 - Review on infection control strategies to minimize outbreaks of the emerging pathogen Elizabethkingia anophelis
AU - Mallinckrodt, Lisa
AU - Huis in ’t Veld, Robert
AU - Rosema, Sigrid
AU - Voss, Andreas
AU - Bathoorn, Erik
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Jochem Buil of the Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen for performing additional susceptibility tests on the clinical isolate.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/9/8
Y1 - 2023/9/8
N2 - Background: Elizabethkingia anophelis is a multi-drug resistant emerging opportunistic pathogen with a high mortality rate, causing healthcare-associated outbreaks worldwide. Methods: We report a case of E. anophelis pleuritis, resulting from transmission through lung transplantation, followed by a literature review of outbreak reports and strategies to minimize E. anophelis transmission in healthcare settings. Results: From 1990 to August 2022, 14 confirmed E. anophelis outbreak cohorts and 21 cohorts with suspected E. anophelis outbreaks were reported in literature. A total of 80 scientific reports with recommendations on diagnostics and infection control measures were included and summarized in our study. Conclusion: Strategies to prevent and reduce spread of E. anophelis include water-free patient rooms, adequate hygiene and disinfection practices, and optimized diagnostic techniques for screening, identification and molecular typing.
AB - Background: Elizabethkingia anophelis is a multi-drug resistant emerging opportunistic pathogen with a high mortality rate, causing healthcare-associated outbreaks worldwide. Methods: We report a case of E. anophelis pleuritis, resulting from transmission through lung transplantation, followed by a literature review of outbreak reports and strategies to minimize E. anophelis transmission in healthcare settings. Results: From 1990 to August 2022, 14 confirmed E. anophelis outbreak cohorts and 21 cohorts with suspected E. anophelis outbreaks were reported in literature. A total of 80 scientific reports with recommendations on diagnostics and infection control measures were included and summarized in our study. Conclusion: Strategies to prevent and reduce spread of E. anophelis include water-free patient rooms, adequate hygiene and disinfection practices, and optimized diagnostic techniques for screening, identification and molecular typing.
KW - Elizabethkingia anophelis
KW - Healthcare-associated outbreak
KW - Nosocomial infection
U2 - 10.1186/s13756-023-01304-1
DO - 10.1186/s13756-023-01304-1
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37679842
AN - SCOPUS:85170194684
SN - 2047-2994
VL - 12
JO - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
JF - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
IS - 1
M1 - 97
ER -