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Whole genome sequencing reveals hidden transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales.

Marimuthu K, Venkatachalam I, Koh V, Harbarth S, Perencevich E, Cherng BPZ, Fong RKC, Pada SK, Ooi ST, Smitasin N, Thoon KC, Tambyah PA, Hsu LY, Koh TH, De PP, Tan TY, Chan D, Deepak RN, Tee NWS, Kwa A, Cai Y, Teo YY, Thevasagayam NM, Prakki SRS, Xu W, Khong WX, Henderson D, Stoesser N, Eyre DW, Crook D, Ang M, Lin RTP, Chow A, Cook AR, Teo J, Ng OT, Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Singapore (CaPES) Study Group. Whole genome sequencing reveals hidden transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales. Nature communications. 2022 Jun 1; 13(1):3052.

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Abstract:

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) infection control practices are based on the paradigm that detected carriers in the hospital transmit to other patients who stay in the same ward. The role of plasmid-mediated transmission at population level remains largely unknown. In this retrospective cohort study over 4.7 years involving all multi-disciplinary public hospitals in Singapore, we analysed 779 patients who acquired CPE (1215 CPE isolates) detected by clinical or surveillance cultures. 42.0% met putative clonal transmission criteria, 44.8% met putative plasmid-mediated transmission criteria and 13.2% were unlinked. Only putative clonal transmissions associated with direct ward contact decreased in the second half of the study. Both putative clonal and plasmid-mediated transmission associated with indirect (no temporal overlap in patients'' admission period) ward and hospital contact did not decrease during the study period. Indirect ward and hospital contact were identified as independent risk factors associated with clonal transmission. In conclusion, undetected CPE reservoirs continue to evade hospital infection prevention measures. New measures are needed to address plasmid-mediated transmission, which accounted for 50% of CPE dissemination.




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