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Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Large Outbreaks of Fungal and Bacterial Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa, 2012–2016

Erika van SchalkwykComments to Author , Samantha Iyaloo, Serisha D. Naicker, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Ruth S. Mpembe, Thokozile G. Zulu, Mabatho Mhlanga, Sibongile Mahlangu, Motlatji B. Maloba, Grace Ntlemo, Kgomotso Sanyane, Dini Mawela, and Nelesh P. Govender
Author affiliations: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (E. van Schalkwyk); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (E. van Schalkwyk, S. Iyaloo, S.D. Naicker, T.G. Maphanga, R.S. Mpembe, T.G. Zulu, M. Mhlanga, N.P. Govender); National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg (S. Mahlangu, M.B. Maloba, G. Ntlemo); Sefako Makgato Health Sciences University, Pretoria (S. Mahlangu, M.B. Maloba, G. Ntlemo, K. Sanyane, D. Mawela); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, (N.P. Govender); University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (N.P. Govender)

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Cases of candidemia (n = 262), by Candida species, and bacteremia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 298) in the neonatal unit at hospital A, Gauteng, South Africa, January 2012–December 2016. Individual outbreaks caused by the following Candida species: outbreak 1, C. krusei; outbreak 2, C. krusei; outbreak 3, C. pelliculosa, outbreak 4, C. fabianii; outbreak 5, C. pelliculosa. Specific points during the outbreak investigation are labeled. IPC, infection prevention and control.

Figure 1. Cases of candidemia (n = 262), by Candida species, and bacteremia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 298) in the neonatal unit at hospital A, Gauteng, South Africa, January 2012–December 2016. Individual outbreaks caused by the following Candida species: outbreak 1, C. krusei; outbreak 2, C. krusei; outbreak 3, C. pelliculosa, outbreak 4, C. fabianii; outbreak 5, C. pelliculosa. Specific points during the outbreak investigation are labeled. IPC, infection prevention and control.

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