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Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
Synopsis

Outbreak of NDM-1– and OXA-181–Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa

Rindidzani E. Magobo, Husna Ismail, Michelle Lowe, Wilhelmina Strasheim, Ruth Mogokotleng, Olga Perovic, Stanford Kwenda, Arshad Ismail, Manala Makua, Abram Bore, Rose Phayane, Harishia Naidoo, Tanya Dennis, Makhosazane Ngobese, Wim Wijnant, Nelesh P. GovenderComments to Author , and for Baby GERMS-SA1
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa (R.E. Magobo, H. Ismail, M. Lowe, W. Strasheim, R. Mogokotleng, O. Perovic, S. Kwenda, A. Ismail, N.P. Govender); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (O. Perovic, N.P. Govender); National Department of Health, Pretoria (M. Makua); Gauteng Provincial Department of Health, Johannesburg (A. Bore); Tembisa Provincial Hospital, Johannesburg (R. Phayane, H. Naidoo, T. Dennis, M. Ngobese, W. Wijnant); University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (N.P. Govender); University of Exeter, Exeter, UK (N.P. Govender).

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Figure 1

Number of cases of bloodstream infection for 3 common bacterial pathogens (n = 428) and number of admissions (n = 5,796) in the neonatal unit during baseline period, South Africa, January 2017–September 2019. Black data line indicates number of admissions. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons.

Figure 1. Number of cases of bloodstream infection for 3 common bacterial pathogens (n = 428) and number of admissions (n = 5,796) in the neonatal unit during baseline period, South Africa, January 2017–September 2019. Black data line indicates number of admissions. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons.

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