Non-biting flying insects as carriers of pathogenic bacteria in a Brazilian hospital.
| Autor: | Kappel HB; Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brasil. henriquekappel@hotmail.com, Oliveira AG, Silva PR, Pelli A |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical [Rev Soc Bras Med Trop] 2013 Mar-Apr; Vol. 46 (2), pp. 234-6. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-1173-2013 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Insects have been described as mechanical vectors of nosocomial infections. Methods: Non-biting flying insects were collected inside a pediatric ward and neonatal-intensive care unit (ICU) of a Brazilian tertiary hospital. Results: Most (86.4%) of them were found to carry one or more species of bacteria on their external surfaces. The bacteria isolated were Gram-positive bacilli (68.2%) or cocci (40.9%), and Gram-negative bacilli (18.2%). Conclusions: Insects collected inside a hospital were carrying pathogenic bacteria; therefore, one must consider the possibility they may act as mechanical vectors of infections, in especially for debilitated or immune-compromised patients in the hospital environments where the insects were collected. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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