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In February 2023, sequence type (ST) 38 producing oxacillinase 244 (OXA-244-Ec ST38) was detected from three patients in a hospital in western Poland. Overall, OXA-244-Ec ST38 was detected from 38 colonised patients in 13 wards between February and June 2023. The outbreak was investigated on site by an infection control team, and the bacterial isolates were characterised microbiologically and by whole genome sequencing. We could not identify the primary source of the outbreak or reconstruct the transmission sequence. In some of the 13 affected wards or their groups linked by the patients’ movement, local outbreaks occurred. The tested outbreak isolates were resistant to β-lactams (penicillins, cephalosporins, aztreonam and ertapenem) and to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Consistently, apart from , all isolates contained also the and genes, coding for an AmpC-like cephalosporinase and extended-spectrum β-lactamase, respectively, and genes conferring resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and . Genomes of the isolates formed a tight cluster, not of the major recent European Cluster A but of the older Cluster B, with related isolates identified in Germany. This outbreak clearly demonstrates that OXA-244-Ec ST38 has a potential to cause hospital outbreaks which are difficult to detect, investigate and control.

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Large hospital outbreak caused by OXA-244-producing Escherichia coli sequence type 38, Poland, 2023
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Rados%C5%82aw+Izdebski&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Izdebski Radosław</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marta+Biedrzycka&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Biedrzycka Marta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pawe%C5%82+Urbanowicz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Urbanowicz Paweł</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dorota+%C5%BBabicka&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Żabicka Dorota</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Teresa+B%C5%82auciak&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Błauciak Teresa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dorota+Lechowicz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lechowicz Dorota</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Beata+Ga%C5%82ecka-Zi%C3%B3%C5%82kowska&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gałecka-Ziółkowska Beata</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marek+Gniadkowski&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gniadkowski Marek</a></span>. Large hospital outbreak caused by OXA-244-producing Escherichia coli sequence type 38, Poland, 2023. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2024;29(22):pii=2300666. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.22.2300666" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.22.2300666</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 23 Nov 2023;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 04 Apr 2024 </span> </p>
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