Contamination and Crossinfection with Clostridium difficile in an Intensive Care Unit*
| Autor: | R. K. Roberts, B. A. J. Walters, R. Stafford, E. M. E. Seneviratne |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Disease Outbreaks law.invention Feces law Internal Medicine medicine Humans Colitis Intensive care medicine Enterocolitis Pseudomembranous Aged Clostridium Cross Infection Transmission (medicine) business.industry Outbreak Pseudomembranous colitis Clostridium difficile medicine.disease Intensive care unit Anti-Bacterial Agents Intensive Care Units Carrier State Clostridium Infections Vancomycin Female business Asymptomatic carrier medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine. 12:255-258 |
| ISSN: | 0004-8291 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1982.tb02471.x |
| Popis: | Contamination and crossinfection with Clostridium difficile in an intensive care unit. B.A.J. Walters, R. Stafford, R. K. Roberts and E. Seneviratne, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1982, 12, pp. 255–258. An outbreak of pseudomembranous colitis in an intensive care unit is described. This resulted in environmental contamination by Clostridium difficile. The outbreak could be traced to one patient who received several antibiotics over the preceding three months. A search was conducted for asymptomatic carriers among patient and staff but none were found. Aquisition of C. difficile from inanimate environmental sources was the most probable means of transmission of the organism. Its persistence in the hospital environment for several weeks, most likely as spores, suggests that patients who develop pseudomembranous colitis should be isolated, especially in areas of high antibiotic usage. |
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