Enviromnental contamination during a vancomycin-resistant Enterococci outbreak at a hospital in Argentina

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dc.contributor.authorZarate, Mariela Soledad
dc.contributor.authorGales, Ana [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorJordd-Vargas, L'fiana
dc.contributor.authorYahni, Diego
dc.contributor.authorRelloSo, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorBonvehi, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Jussimara [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorCampos-Pignatari, Antonio [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorSmayevsky, Jorgelina [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionClin Norberto Quirno
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T13:49:06Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T13:49:06Z
dc.date.issued2007-10-01
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolates (VRE) have caused numerous outbreaks in intensive care units (ICUs). A contaminated hospital environment, the hands of health care workers (HCW), and carrier patients may play important roles in perpetuating the chain of transmission in these outbreaks. the aims of this study were to report the first VRE outbreak in our center and assess the role of environmental contamination and HCW hands in the spread of new cases of enterococcal infection.MATERIAL and METHOD. Between August and December 2003, surveillance cultures were performed with samples from all patients (n = 113) admitted to the ICU, as well as cultures of samples from the environment (n = 69) and HCW hands (n = 23).RESULTS. Eighteen clinical samples from 8 patients and 7 environmental samples yielded Enterococcus faecium (24 strains) and E. avium (1 strain). VRE was not detected on HCW hands. All the VRE isolates belonged to a single clone and carried the vanA gene.CONCLUSION. Environmental contamination provides an important reservoir for future outbreaks of VRE, perpetuating transmission of the microorganism in the hospital setting.en
dc.description.affiliationClin Norberto Quirno, Ctr Educ Med & Invest, Lab Bacteriol Micol & Parasitol, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
dc.description.affiliationClin Norberto Quirno, Ctr Educ Med & Invest, Secc Infectol, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Lab Especial Microbiol Clin, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Lab Especial Microbiol Clin, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent508-512
dc.identifierhttp://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-enfermedades-infecciosas-microbiologia-clinica-28-articulo-contaminacion-ambiental-durante-un-brote-13109987
dc.identifier.citationEnfermedades Infecciosas Y Microbiologia Clinica. Barcelona: Ediciones Doyma S/l, v. 25, n. 8, p. 508-512, 2007.
dc.identifier.doi10.1157/13109987
dc.identifier.issn0213-005X
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/30059
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000250425800004
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEdiciones Doyma S/l
dc.relation.ispartofEnfermedades Infecciosas Y Microbiologia Clinica
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectvancomycin-resistant enterococcien
dc.subjectenvironmenten
dc.subjectoutbreaken
dc.titleEnviromnental contamination during a vancomycin-resistant Enterococci outbreak at a hospital in Argentinaen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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