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491. Working Together: A Tale of Carbapenemase-Producing Organism Investigations in Three New York City Nursing Homes

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    Open Forum Infect Dis
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    Background

    New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and Wadsworth Center (WC) participate in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (AR Lab Network), including identification and characterization of specific bla genes in carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO). Three investigations from November 2018–March 2019 illustrate the findings and challenges investigating CPO in a blaKPC endemic setting.

    Methods

    NYSDOH WC testing includes organism identification, drug susceptibility testing, detection of carbapenemase production, detection of carbapenemase genes, and whole-genome sequencing (WGS). NYSDOH epidemiologic (epi) investigations of novel resistance mechanisms review demographic and exposure data, conduct contact tracing with targeted rectal screening to identify colonized persons, and assess infection control (IC) and public health (PH) practices and provide recommendations.

    Results

    NYSDOH identified three nursing home residents infected with CPO with novel carbapenemase genes (Figure 1) with no travel history but multiple co-morbidities, including mechanical ventilation: blaOXA-48Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) (Facility A), blaNDM KP (Facility B and C). Epi investigations identified CPO in 48 of 106 residents screened for rectal colonization; most isolates had genes other than the index gene. Facility A and Facility B each had no additional residents colonized with CPO with the index gene after screening; 14 and 10 residents, respectively from Facility A and B, had CPO with endemic blaKPC gene. WGS analysis identified 2 clusters of blaKPC KP within Facility A and no clusters of CPO were detected in Facility B. IC/PH recommendations were made after diagnosis at all 3 facilities; serial IC/PH assessments/recommendations and screening were needed to interrupt transmission at Facility C, where 24 residents were colonized with CPO, including 7 residents with CPO with the index gene (blaNDM), and a subset of the blaNDM isolates were related to the index case by both epi and WGS analysis.

    Conclusion

    Epi investigation and WGS were complementary to detect transmission, identify clusters within an endemic setting, and inform PH response and IC measures for these emerging CPO in NY Healthcare Facilities.

    Disclosures

    All authors: No reported disclosures.

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    Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019; 6(Suppl 2):S239
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    PMC6809173
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    Journal Article
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    6
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