Outbreak of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in a neonatal intensive care unit related to onychomycosis in a health care worker.

Autor: Boszczowski I; Hospital Geral de Itapecerica da Serra, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. icarobski@uol.com.br, Nicoletti C, Puccini DM, Pinheiro M, Soares RE, Van der Heijden IM, Costa SF, Barone AA, Levin AS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Pediatric infectious disease journal [Pediatr Infect Dis J] 2005 Jul; Vol. 24 (7), pp. 648-50.
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168844.55898.8f
Abstrakt: Four cases of infection by extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae occurred in the neonatal intensive care unit. Isolation, empiric therapy change and education produced no effect. Newborn weekly colonization rates were 0-18.7%. One health care worker with onychomycosis was positive for extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing K. pneumoniae. Isolates were identical by molecular typing. Outbreak was controlled when the health care worker was excluded from the neonatal intensive care unit.
Databáze: MEDLINE