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Epidemic of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis.

P J van den Broek, A S Lampe, G A Berbée, J Thompson, R P Mouton.

Abstract

In an epidemic of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis the surgeon was found to be the source of contamination. The probable route was accidental puncture of gloves during operation. During the epidemiological investigation a second cluster of patients contaminated with Staph epidermidis during open heart surgery was found also related to one surgeon. This strain caused no detectable signs or symptoms of infection. Carriage of virulent staph epidermidis has rarely been recognised as a hazard but may have serious consequences.

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Year: 1985 PMID： 3929975 PMCID： PMC1417246 DOI： 10.1136/bmj.291.6500.949

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) ISSN： 0267-0623

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Epidemic of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis.

1. Sources of contamination in open heart surgery.

2. Coagulase-negative staphylococci causing endocarditis after cardiac surgery.

3. Infection by air-borne bacteria with cardiopulmonary bypass.

4. Plasmid pattern analysis of Staphylococcal epidermidis isolates from patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis.

1. Occult glove perforation during ophthalmic surgery.

2. Outbreak of coagulase negative staphylococcus highly resistant to ciprofloxacin in a leukaemia unit.

Review 3. Current problems of chemotherapy of infections with coagulase-negative staphylococci.