Healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infec-tion outbreak in neurosurgical intensive care unit / 中国感染控制杂志
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
; (4): 217-222, 2015.
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de Zh
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ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the causes of an outbreak of healthcare-associated infection with methicillin-resist-ant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)in a neurosurgical intensive care unit(NSICU).Methods Epidemiological investigation on 8 patients with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)in a NSICU between June 15 and June 28,2104 were performed by combination methods of prospective and retrospective survey.Results The attack rate of MRSA LRTI in NSICU patients was 22.86%,a total of 16 MRSA isolates were detected from patients’clinical specimens,nasal vestibule,as well as hospital surroundings during the period,pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)result revealed that infection outbreak was caused by two subtypes of MRSA;risk factors analysis showed that long length of stay in ICU and aspiration of spu-tum through bronchoscopy were risk factors for MRSA LRTI.Conclusion Contamination of bronchoscope was the key factor for this epidemic spread of healthcare-associated MRSA infection.
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Type d'étude:
Risk_factors_studies
Langue:
Zh
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
Année:
2015
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Article