Nosocomial outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica associated with prefilled saline flush syringes distributed in Europe, Germany, March to September 2026

Sofia Burdi, Lukas Herrmann, Sophia N. Koerdt, Silver A. Wolf, Sandra Appelt, Mirco Sandfort, Barbara Maier, Sandra Reuter, Martin J. Hug, Nicholas Jakob Böhm, Gizem Karadag, Georg Berndt, Achim Dörre, Vera Schwierzeck, Linda Behrends, Pascal Kreuzer, Julia Kuhn, Lukas Murajda, Saskia Roßbach, Susanne Kolbe-Busch, Cornelia Seidel, Patrick Jung, Grettel Chanto Chacón, Irina Zuschneid, Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo, Maximilian Driller Povill, Holger C. Scholz, Alexander Mellmann, Tim Eckmanns, Josef Zündorf, Michael Hogardt, Sebastian Haller

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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.40.2600819
Published: 2026-10-08
Container: Eurosurveillance
Publisher: European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
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@article{allodium:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.40.2600819,
  title = {Nosocomial outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica associated with prefilled saline flush syringes distributed in Europe, Germany, March to September 2026},
  author = {Sofia Burdi and Lukas Herrmann and Sophia N. Koerdt and Silver A. Wolf and Sandra Appelt and Mirco Sandfort and Barbara Maier and Sandra Reuter and Martin J. Hug and Nicholas Jakob Böhm and Gizem Karadag and Georg Berndt and Achim Dörre and Vera Schwierzeck and Linda Behrends and Pascal Kreuzer and Julia Kuhn and Lukas Murajda and Saskia Roßbach and Susanne Kolbe-Busch and Cornelia Seidel and Patrick Jung and Grettel Chanto Chacón and Irina Zuschneid and Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo and Maximilian Driller Povill and Holger C. Scholz and Alexander Mellmann and Tim Eckmanns and Josef Zündorf and Michael Hogardt and Sebastian Haller},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Eurosurveillance},
  doi = {10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.40.2600819},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.40.2600819}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Nosocomial outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica associated with prefilled saline flush syringes distributed in Europe, Germany, March to September 2026
AU  - Sofia Burdi
AU  - Lukas Herrmann
AU  - Sophia N. Koerdt
AU  - Silver A. Wolf
AU  - Sandra Appelt
AU  - Mirco Sandfort
AU  - Barbara Maier
AU  - Sandra Reuter
AU  - Martin J. Hug
AU  - Nicholas Jakob Böhm
AU  - Gizem Karadag
AU  - Georg Berndt
AU  - Achim Dörre
AU  - Vera Schwierzeck
AU  - Linda Behrends
AU  - Pascal Kreuzer
AU  - Julia Kuhn
AU  - Lukas Murajda
AU  - Saskia Roßbach
AU  - Susanne Kolbe-Busch
AU  - Cornelia Seidel
AU  - Patrick Jung
AU  - Grettel Chanto Chacón
AU  - Irina Zuschneid
AU  - Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo
AU  - Maximilian Driller Povill
AU  - Holger C. Scholz
AU  - Alexander Mellmann
AU  - Tim Eckmanns
AU  - Josef Zündorf
AU  - Michael Hogardt
AU  - Sebastian Haller
PY  - 2026
JO  - Eurosurveillance
DO  - 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.40.2600819
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.40.2600819
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APA

Burdi, S., Herrmann, L., Koerdt, S. N., Wolf, S. A., Appelt, S., Sandfort, M., Maier, B., Reuter, S., Hug, M. J., Böhm, N. J., Karadag, G., Berndt, G., Dörre, A., Schwierzeck, V., Behrends, L., Kreuzer, P., Kuhn, J., Murajda, L., Roßbach, S., Kolbe-Busch, S., Seidel, C., Jung, P., Chacón, G. C., Zuschneid, I., Sedaghatjoo, S., Povill, M. D., Scholz, H. C., Mellmann, A., Eckmanns, T., Zündorf, J., Hogardt, M., & Haller, S. (2026). Nosocomial outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica associated with prefilled saline flush syringes distributed in Europe, Germany, March to September 2026. Eurosurveillance. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2026.31.40.2600819

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