Agrobacterium spp. nosocomial outbreak assessment using rapid MALDI-TOF MS based typing, confirmed by whole genome sequencing.

Carlo CasanovaElia Lo PrioreAdrian EgliHelena M B Seth-SmithLorenz RäberDaniel OttValentin PflügerSara DrozJonas MarschallRami Sommerstein

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2019)

We report clinical and epidemiological characteristics of two outbreak clusters with Agrobacterium. spp. bacteremia likely acquired during CT contrast medium injection and highlight the use of MALDI-TOF MS as a rapid tool to assess relatedness of rare gram-negative pathogens in an outbreak investigation.

Keyphrases

gram negative
multidrug resistant
mass spectrometry
acinetobacter baumannii
drug resistant
contrast enhanced
klebsiella pneumoniae
magnetic resonance
magnetic resonance imaging
image quality
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
staphylococcus aureus
pet ct