NDM-1- or OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae colonising Polish tourists following a terrorist attack in Tunis, March 2015

R Izdebski; K Bojarska; A Baraniak; E Literacka; M Herda; D Żabicka; A Guzek; M Półgrabia; W Hryniewicz; M Gniadkowski

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.23.21150

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NDM-1- or OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae colonising Polish tourists following a terrorist attack in Tunis, March 2015
R Izdebski¹ , K Bojarska¹ , A Baraniak¹ , E Literacka¹ , M Herda¹ , D Żabicka¹ , A Guzek² , M Półgrabia² , W Hryniewicz¹ , M Gniadkowski¹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Reference Centre for Susceptibility Testing & Department of Molecular Microbiology, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland ² Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland

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M Gniadkowski
gniadkow cls.edu.pl
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Citation style for this article: Izdebski R, Bojarska K, Baraniak A, Literacka E, Herda M, Żabicka D, Guzek A, Półgrabia M, Hryniewicz W, Gniadkowski M. NDM-1- or OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae colonising Polish tourists following a terrorist attack in Tunis, March 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(23):pii=21150. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.23.21150 Received: 29 May 2015

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Abstract

We describe the introduction of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 and Escherichia coli ST410, and OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae ST101 strains to Poland by two patients transported to the country after hospitalisation in Tunisia. The patients had gunshot wounds following the terrorist attack in the Bardo National Museum in Tunis in March 2015. Our report reinforces the need for microbiological screening of patients returning from travel on admission to healthcare institutions, especially following hospitalisation in countries where carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae are endemic.