Ralstonia mannitolilytica infection in a tertiary care center: An outbreak report.

Background: This paper describes an outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica infection declared at our facility between January-2021 and January-2022.

Methods: To identify the source of the outbreak, we applied widespread epidemiological investigations and infection control measures, including device isolation, environmental sampling, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing.

Results: Thirty-six cases of R mannitolilytica infection were identified, mostly adults (78%) and males (75%).