Outbreak of in Hemodialysis Unit: A Case Series.

is a Gram-negative soil bacteria. It is an emerging opportunistic pathogen in hospital-acquired infections. Maintenance hemodialysis patients at Manipal Hospital Outpatient Haemodialysis unit, Bengaluru, witnessed an outbreak of infection between October 2016 and November 2016. Five patients were infected and one of them presented with infective endocarditis. All patients were successfully treated with antibiotic according to culture and sensitivity pattern. Immediately following the outbreak, environmental sampling was done. The culture from sterile water was positive for growth. The Department of Infection Control ordered for discarding the whole batch of sterile water followed by water treatment with shock chlorination and room disinfection. Following implementation of the same, the outbreak of infection was controlled. infections are hospital acquired, affecting mainly immunocompromised patients. The disease onset and progression is rapid. Early identification of the organism and treatment with appropriate antibiotics is important.