Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Lo Cascio G;Bonora MG;Zorzi A;Mortani E;Tessitore N;Loschiavo C;Lupo A;Solbiati M;Fontana R

Titolo:

A napkin-associated outbreak of Burkholderia cenocepacia bacteraemia in haemodialysis patients.

Anno:

2006

Tipologia prodotto:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Lingua:

Inglese

Formato:

A Stampa

Referee:

No

Nome rivista:

Journal of Hospital Infection

ISSN Rivista:

0195-6701

N° Volume:

64

Numero o Fascicolo:

1

Intervallo pagine:

56-62

Codice PMID:

16859809

Parole chiave:

Burkholderia cepacia complex, Haemodialysis, Molecular typing

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

This article reports a catheter-related outbreak of bacteraemia involving 38 patients in two haemodialysis units in Verona. Burkholderia cepacia complex strains were isolated from human blood and from an individually wrapped disinfection napkin that was contained in a commercially available, sterile dressing kit used to handle central venous catheters. Micro-organisms isolated from blood cultures and from the napkin were identified by standard procedures and confirmed as B. cenocepacia (genomovar III) by molecular analysis. Using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis, the clinical isolates were indistinguishable or closely related to the B. cenocepacia isolated from the napkin. In conclusion, this study found that a contaminated commercial napkin soaked in quaternary ammonium, even when quality certified, was the source of infection.

Id prodotto:

73254

Handle IRIS:

11562/472761

depositato il:

31 ottobre 2012

ultima modifica:

2 novembre 2016

Citazione bibliografica:

Lo Cascio G;Bonora MG;Zorzi A;Mortani E;Tessitore N;Loschiavo C;Lupo A;Solbiati M;Fontana R, A napkin-associated outbreak of Burkholderia cenocepacia bacteraemia in haemodialysis patients. «Journal of Hospital Infection» , vol. 64 , n. 1 , 2006 , pp. 56-62

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