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Table 1 Summary of various outbreaks of Burkholderia cepacia complex in hospital setup in India over the last 5 years [2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

From: Investigation of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit: a case series 

Serial number

Author, location (year)

Place

Number of cases

Duration of outbreak

Site of infection

Source of infection

Mortality rate (%)

1.

Rastogi, New Delhi (2019) [2]

Neurotrauma intensive care unit

48

4 months

Blood and respiratory samples

Water

18.7

2.

Baul, Kolkata (2014) [3]

Hemato-oncology unit

29

6

Blood

Intravenous antibiotics

3.4

3.

Singhal, Mumbai (2015) [4]

Chemotherapy daycare unit

13

Not specified

Blood

Antiemetic drug

Nil

4.

Gupta, Rajastha (2018) [5]

Oncology care center

14

1 month

Blood

Could not be identified

Nil

5.

Mali, Mumbai (2017) [6]

PICU, pediatric ward

76

8 months

Blood

Amikacin vial rubber stopper

Not specified

6.

Antony, Karnataka (2016) [7]

PICU

3

Sporadic episode

Blood

Water

Nil

7.

Yamunadevi, Chennai (2018) [8]

CCU

24

3 months

Blood

Ultrasound gel

Not specified

8.

Present case, Haryana (2019)

NICU

4

1 month

Blood

Suction apparatus

0.53

  1. PICU Pediatric intensive care unit, CCU Cardiac care unit, NICU Neonatal intensive care unit