Risk Factors for Elizabethkingia Acquisition and Clinical Characteristics of Patients, South Korea

Autor: Myungsook Kim, Tai Soon Yong, Kyungwon Lee, Min Hyuk Choi, Seok Jeong, Jun Yong Choi, In Yong Lee, Dongeun Yong, Su Jin Jeong
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
Epidemiology
medicine.medical_treatment
Elizabethkingia
lcsh:Medicine
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica
0302 clinical medicine
Flavobacteriaceae Infections
Risk Factors
030212 general & internal medicine
bacteria
Aged
80 and over

Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
acquisition
Middle Aged
Hospitals
Electrophoresis
Gel
Pulsed-Field

Infectious Diseases
Female
Flavobacteriaceae
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
food.ingredient
030231 tropical medicine
Elizabethkingia anophelis
Environment
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Antibiotic resistance
food
Internal medicine
South Korea
Republic of Korea
medicine
Animals
Humans
lcsh:RC109-216
antimicrobial resistance
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Mechanical ventilation
Ventilators
Mechanical

business.industry
Research
lcsh:R
mechanical ventilator
Elizabethkingia miricola
Culicidae
Case-Control Studies
contamination source
business
Risk Factors for Elizabethkingia Acquisition and Clinical Characteristics of Patients
South Korea
Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 42-51 (2019)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
Popis: Elizabethkingia infections are difficult to treat because of intrinsic antimicrobial resistance, and their incidence has recently increased. We conducted a propensity score–matched case–control study during January 2016–June 2017 in South Korea and retrospectively studied data from patients who were culture positive for Elizabethkingia species during January 2009–June 2017. Furthermore, we conducted epidemiologic studies of the hospital environment and mosquitoes. The incidence of Elizabethkingia increased significantly, by 432.1%, for 2016–2017 over incidence for 2009–2015. Mechanical ventilation was associated with the acquisition of Elizabethkingia species. Because Elizabethkingia infection has a high case-fatality rate and is difficult to eliminate, intensive prevention of contamination is needed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE