Invasive disease due to extended spectrum bata-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal unit:: the possible role of cockroaches

被引：71

作者：

Cotton, MF

Wasserman, E

Pieper, CH

Theron, DC

van Tubbergh, D

Campbell, G

Fang, FC

Barnes, J

机构：

[1] Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Paediat & Child Hlth, Fac Med, ZA-7505 Tygerberg, South Africa

[2] Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Med Microbiol, ZA-7505 Tygerberg, South Africa

[3] Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Community Med, ZA-7505 Tygerberg, South Africa

[4] Tygerberg Hosp, ZA-7505 Tygerberg, South Africa

[5] Univ Colorado, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Med, Denver, CO 80262 USA

[6] Univ Colorado, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Pathol, Denver, CO 80262 USA

[7] Univ Colorado, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Microbiol, Denver, CO 80262 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION | 2000年 / 44卷 / 01期

基金：

英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

cockroach; extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae; infant; newborn; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis;

D O I：

10.1053/jhin.1999.0650

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

We recently experienced an outbreak of nosocomial disease due to extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal unit infested with cockroaches. Organisms isolated from cockroaches were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis from those colonizing infants or causing clinical disease using. Cockroach elimination together with standard infection-control measures resulted in control of the outbreak. We suggest cockroaches are possible vectors of pathogenic bacteria in the hospital environment. (C) 2000 The Hospital Infection Society.

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