ArticlemSphere2021
Overlapping of Independent SARS-CoV-2 Nosocomial Transmissions in a Complex Outbreak.
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- Transmission visualizations of healthcare infection clusters: A scoping review.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2022Article
- Risk of Secondary Household Transmission of COVID-19 from Health Care Workers in a Hospital in Spain.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial outbreaks in the first COVID-19 wave were likely associated with a shortage of personal protective equipment and scarce indications on control measures. Having covered these limitations, updates on current SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial outbreaks are required. We carried out an in-depth analysis of a 27-day nosocomial outbreak in a gastroenterology ward in our hospital, potentially involving 15 patients and 3 health care workers. Patients had stayed in one of three neighboring rooms in the ward. The severity of the infections in six of the cases and a high fatality rate made the clinicians suspect the possible involvement of a single virulent strain persisting in those rooms. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of the strains from 12 patients and 1 health care worker revealed an unexpected complexity. Five different SARS-CoV-2 strains were identified, two infecting a single patient each, ruling out their relationship with the outbreak; the remaining three strains were involved in three independent, overlapping, limited transmission clusters with three, three, and five cases. Whole-genome sequencing was key to understand the complexity of this outbreak.
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