Contaminated dicloxacillin capsules as the source of an NDM-5/OXA-48-producing ST79 outbreak, Denmark and Iceland, 2022 and 2023.

From October 2022 through January 2023, nine patients with NDM-5/OXA-48-carbapenemase-producing ST79 were detected in Denmark and subsequently one patient in Iceland. There were no nosocomial links between patients, but they had all been treated with dicloxacillin capsules. An NDM-5/OXA-48-carbapenemase-producing ST79, identical to patient isolates, was cultured from the surface of dicloxacillin capsules in Denmark, strongly implicating them as the source of the outbreak.

A nationwide analytical and clinical evaluation of 44 rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 compared to RT-qPCR.

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in massive testing by Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) without solid independent data regarding clinical performance being available. Thus, decision on purchase of a specific RAT may rely on manufacturer-provided data and limited peer-reviewed data.

Methods: This study consists of two parts.

Severe antibody-mediated transfusion-related acute lung injury in an obstetric patient following transfusion of fresh frozen plasma from a non-transfused male blood donor.

Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) has been associated with neutrophil reacting antibodies in transfused blood products. We report a case of life-threatening TRALI in an obstetric patient triggered by transfusion from a non-transfused male blood donor. A residual risk of TRALI exist, even in a male-only plasma setting.

Two Serious Cases of Infection with Clostridium celatum after 40 Years in Hiding?

Clostridium celatum [ce.la'tum. L.

Draft Genome Sequence of Parabacteroides goldsteinii with Putative Novel Metallo-β-Lactamases Isolated from a Blood Culture from a Human Patient.

Parabacteroides goldsteinii was isolated from a blood culture. Genomic DNA was sequenced using a MiSeq sequencer and assembled using the SPAdes genome assembler. The draft genome sequence was 6,851,868 bp, spanning 282 contigs of 5,253 coding sequences, 66 tRNAs, and 5 rRNAs.