TY - JOUR AU - Mollers, Madelief AU - Lutgens, Suzanne AU - Schoffelen, Annelot AU - Schneeberger, Peter AU - Suijkerbuijk, Anita W.M. T1 - Cost of Nosocomial Outbreak Caused by NDM-1–Containing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the Netherlands, October 2015–January 2016 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 9 SP - 1574 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During October–December 2015, 29 patients in a hospital in the Netherlands acquired nosocomial infection with a multidrug-resistant, New Delhi-metallo-β-lactamase–positive Klebsiella pneumoniae strain. Extensive infection control measures were needed to stop this outbreak. The estimated economic impact of the outbreak was $804,263; highest costs were associated with hospital bed closures. KW - nosocomial KW - HRMO KW - Klebsiella pneumoniae KW - CPE KW - Enterobacteriaceae KW - economic KW - costs KW - outbreak KW - the Netherlands KW - NDM-1 KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - bacteria KW - extended-spectrum β-lactamase KW - ESBL DO - 10.3201/eid2309.161710 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/9/16-1710_article ER - End of Reference