Paulius Greičius, Marius Linkevicius, Jelena Razmuk, Jekaterina Sinotova, Erik Alm, Olov Svartström, Valeria Bortolaia, Eglė Kudirkienė, Louise Roer, Rene S Hendriksen, Gabija Tamoliūnaitė, Daniel Palm, Dominique L Monnet, Anke Kohlenberg, Algirdas Griškevičius
In 2023, an increase of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae was noticed by the Lithuanian National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of 106 OXA-48-producing K. pneumoniae isolates revealed three distinct clusters of carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae high-risk clones, including sequence type (ST) 45 (n = 35 isolates), ST392 (n = 32) and ST395 (n = 28), involving six, six and nine hospitals in different regions, respectively. These results enabled targeted investigation and control, and underscore the value of national WGS-based surveillance for antimicrobial resistance...
April 2024: Euro Surveillance