Genomics of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae outbreak strains from infants at Tembisa hospital

An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae strains was reported at Tembisa hospital neonatal unit between September 2019 and March 2020 in Tembisa, a town near Pretoria, South Africa. This outbreak claimed the lives of around 10 infants in the delivery wards. This study seeks to unravel the genomics and epidemiology of the outbreak by analyzing the isolates obtained from the outbreak site.