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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Nosocomial Outbreak of

Hanife Nur Karakoc Parlayan, Firdevs Aksoy, Masite Nur Ozdemir, Esra Ozkaya, Gurdal Yilmaz

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Catheter-AssociatedCase reports in infectious diseases · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hanife Nur Karakoc ParlayanDepartment of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-4620-6755
Firdevs AksoyDepartment of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Türkiye.
Masite Nur OzdemirDepartment of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Türkiye.
Esra OzkayaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-1673-9101
Gurdal YilmazDepartment of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Türkiye.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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methodsRecords from the infection control committee from 1 January 2023 to 31 October 2024 were screened to identify cases with Bcc growth in cultured blood, urine, or respiratory samples. Clinical and laboratory data were collected in March 2025. Bacterial identification was performed using conventional methods and MALDI-TOF (Bruker Daltonics, Bremen, Germany). Controls were matched to cases by ward, date of initial growth, and duration of hospitalization. Demographic and clinical data of these patients were systematically collected and analyzed. Microbiological cultures were obtained from environmental objects of concern and certain medications.

resultsA total of 82

conclusionsThe hospital transmission of Bcc is likely driven by cross-contamination, invasive medical procedures, and the administration of contaminated medications. Implementing stringent infection control measures such as staff retraining, updated policies on medication use, enhanced environmental decontamination, and strict adherence to isolation precautions has proven effective in curbing the spread of virulent and transmissible Bcc.

Indexed as

Burkholderia cepacia complexcontaminated medicationsinterventional proceduresoutbreak

Identifiers

PMID40867969
PMCPMC12382892

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