Burkholderia cepacia outbreak in immunocompetent children in a tertiary hospital in Turkey:A case series
作者机构:Department of Pediatric Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Health SciencesKartal Dr Lutfi Kardar City HospitalIstanbulTurkey Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of Health SciencesKocaeli Derince Training and Research HospitalKocaeliTurkey
出 版 物:《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2022年第15卷第8期
页 面:374-378页
核心收录:
学科分类:12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 120402[管理学-社会医学与卫生事业管理(可授管理学、医学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学]
主 题:Burkholderia cepacia Bacteremia Immunocompetent Outbreak Infection control
摘 要:Objective:To report an outbreak of Burkholderia(B.)cepacia related to contaminated surface cleaner in the pediatric ward of a tertiary hospital in ***:This study retrospectively reported the outbreak occurred between January 16,2018 and January 23,*** immunocompetent patients who developed a bloodstream infection a few days after the hospitalization and who were positive for *** were *** samples were collected from various areas in the hospital to find the source of the ***:All patients had clinical and biochemical evidence of *** of the patients had an underlying disease or had a central venous catheter as a risk *** was isolated from the samples taken from the surface *** antibiotic susceptibilities of *** isolates were identical in the surface cleaners with the isolates from the patients’blood *** outbreak was controlled after removing the surface cleaners from *** of the infected patients died during the ***:Nosocomial *** outbreak may occur in immunocompetent children as *** identification of the outbreak,defining the source and taking appropriate measures to control the outbreak are the key points in the management.