Nosocomial Outbreak ofMicrobacteriumSpecies Bacteremia among Cancer Patients
| Autor: | August J. Valenti, Loretta A. Carson, Juan Alonso-Echanove, Samir S. Shah, William R. Jarvis, M J Arduino, Sheri N. Dirrigl |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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DNA Bacterial Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Microbacterium Bacteremia Disease Outbreaks law.invention Gram-Positive Rods Fatal Outcome law Neoplasms Internal medicine medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Maine Risk factor Intensive care medicine Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Aged Cross Infection biology business.industry Outbreak Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Electrophoresis Gel Pulsed-Field Infectious Diseases Transmission (mechanics) Relative risk Female business Central venous catheter |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 184:754-760 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/323080 |
| Popis: | To date, only 6 sporadic Microbacterium species (formerly coryneform Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] groups A-4 and A-5) infections have been reported. The source, mode of transmission, morbidity, mortality, and potential for nosocomial transmission of Microbacterium species remain unknown. From 26 July through 14 August 1997, 8 episodes of coryneform CDC group A-5 symptomatic bacteremia occurred in 6 patients on the oncology ward at the Maine Medical Center. One patient died. All isolates were identified at CDC as Microbacterium species and had identical DNA banding patterns by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. To assess risk factors for Microbacterium species infection, a retrospective cohort study was conducted. The presence of a central venous catheter was the strongest risk factor (6/6 vs. 22/48; relative risk, 3.2; P |
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