: An outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bloodstream infections occurred in four hospitals in north-eastern Italy, involving 20 haemodialysis patients with tunnelled central vascular catheter access. We identified as the outbreak source a batch of urokinase vials imported from India contaminated with R. mannitolilytica. Whole genome sequences of the clinical and urokinase strains were highly related, and only urokinase-treated patients were reported with R. mannitolilytica infections (attack rate = 34%; 95% confidence interval: 22.1-47.4). Discontinuation of the contaminated urokinase terminated the outbreak.

A urokinase-associated outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bloodstream infections in haemodialysis patients in north-eastern Italy, January to April 2023 / Fabricci, Massimiliano; Trinca, Anaïs; Talotti, Luca; Busetti, Marina; Fotakis, Emmanouil Alexandros; Merakou, Christina; Koncan, Raffaella; Ghiotti, Annachiara; Negri, Camilla; Di Maso, Vittorio; Bosco, Manuela; Antonelli, Alberto; Coppi, Marco; Rossolini, Gian Maria; Giuliani, Claudia; Scarpis, Enrico; Gregoretti, Barbara; Licastro, Danilo; Luzzati, Roberto; Costantino, Venera. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1560-7917. - ELETTRONICO. - 28:(2023), pp. 0-0. [10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.28.2300328]

A urokinase-associated outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bloodstream infections in haemodialysis patients in north-eastern Italy, January to April 2023

Antonelli, Alberto;Coppi, Marco;Rossolini, Gian Maria;Giuliani, Claudia;
2023

Abstract

: An outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bloodstream infections occurred in four hospitals in north-eastern Italy, involving 20 haemodialysis patients with tunnelled central vascular catheter access. We identified as the outbreak source a batch of urokinase vials imported from India contaminated with R. mannitolilytica. Whole genome sequences of the clinical and urokinase strains were highly related, and only urokinase-treated patients were reported with R. mannitolilytica infections (attack rate = 34%; 95% confidence interval: 22.1-47.4). Discontinuation of the contaminated urokinase terminated the outbreak.
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