| Literature DB >> 24831607 |
I Wolf1, P W M Bergervoet2, F W Sebens2, H L A van den Oever3, P H M Savelkoul4, W C van der Zwet2.
Abstract
Between December 2010 and April 2012, intensive care unit (ICU) patients in our hospital were infrequently colonized with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-positive bacteria (ESBLs). We hypothesized that these ESBLs originated from patients' room sinks, and this was prospectively investigated by weekly culturing of patients and sinks during a 20-week period. ESBLs were isolated from all 13 sinks. Four patients became colonized with ESBLs that were genetically identical to ESBLs that had previously been isolated from the sink. One of these patients died of pneumonia caused by the ESBL. Transmission from sinks to patients was stopped by integrating self-disinfecting siphons to all sinks on the ICU.Entities:
Keywords: Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-positive bacteria; Hospital reservoir; Intensive care unit; Sink
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24831607 DOI： 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.02.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hosp Infect ISSN： 0195-6701 Impact factor: 3.926