Review on infection control strategies to minimize outbreaks of the emerging pathogen Elizabethkingia anophelis

Table 1 Overview of included articles with confirmed E. anophelis infections

Outbreak number	Period	Country	Number of infected patients	Setting	Typing performed	Environmental surveillance performed	Reference
1	Sept 2020 – Sept 2021	France	20	healthcare facilities	yes	yes	[31]
2	July - Sept 2020	Argentina	9	neonatal unit	yes	yes	[32]
3	2017–2018	Taiwan	20*	hospital wards	yes	no	[33]
4	Aug - Sept 2017	India	9*	hospital wards	yes	no	[18]
5	May 2017	Singapore	3	pediatric ICU	no	yes	[34]
6	Jan 2016 - June 2017	South Korea	79	ICU, hospital wards	yes	yes	[35]
7	June 2014 - March 2016	Illinois, USA	10	healthcare facilities	yes	no†	[5]
8	Nov 2015 - June 2016	Wisconsin, USA	63	health care facilities	yes	yes	[3, 4, 8, 36]
9	2015–2018	Taiwan	26	respiratory care center	yes	yes	[6, 37]
10	2012–2018	Australia	14	hospital ward	yes	yes	[21]
11	Aug - Sept 2012	Singapore	5	ICU	yes	yes	[2, 38, 39]
12	2012–2018	Shanghai, China	35	hospital wards	yes	no	[40]
13	2005–2016	Taiwan	67	hospital wards	yes	no	[26]
14	2004–2013	Hong Kong	17*	hospital wards	yes	no	[14]

* Only patients with bacteremia were included
† Outbreak cluster was related to non-specified environmental isolates from previous outbreak in 2012–2013

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