Report on a transborder spread of carbapenemase-producing bacteria by a patient injured during Euromaidan, Ukraine

New Microbes New Infect. 2015 Sep 21:8:28-30. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.09.005. eCollection 2015 Nov.

Abstract

Spread of carbapenemase-producing bacteria has been described all over the world. This phenomenon may be accelerated by many factors, including wars and natural disasters. In this report, we described an NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumonia ST11 recovered from a patient injured during the Maidan revolution in Ukraine. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Ukraine and one of several reports describing wound colonization/infection of humans injured during war.

Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Klebsiella pneumoniae; NDM-1; ST11; catastrophe; disaster; war.