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Jung J, Choi HS, Lee JY, Ryu S, Kim SK, Hong M, Kwak S, Kim H, Lee MS, Sung H, Kim MN, Kim SH. Outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae associated with a contaminated water dispenser and sink drains in the cardiology units of a Korean hospital. J Hosp Infect 2020; 104:476-483. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Anforderungen der Hygiene an abwasserführende Systeme in medizinischen Einrichtungen. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2020; 63:484-501. [DOI: 10.1007/s00103-020-03118-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Santiago AJ, Burgos-Garay ML, Kartforosh L, Mazher M, Donlan RM. Bacteriophage treatment of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a multispecies biofilm: a potential biocontrol strategy for healthcare facilities. AIMS Microbiol 2020; 6:43-63. [PMID: 32226914 PMCID: PMC7099197 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2020003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The p-traps of hospital handwashing sinks represent a potential reservoir for antimicrobial-resistant organisms of major public health concern, such as carbapenemase-producing KPC+ Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKP). Bacteriophages have reemerged as potential biocontrol agents, particularly against biofilm-associated, drug-resistant microorganisms. The primary objective of our study was to formulate a phage cocktail capable of targeting a CPKP strain (CAV1016) at different stages of colonization within polymicrobial drinking water biofilms using a CDC biofilm reactor (CBR) p-trap model. A cocktail of four CAV1016 phages, all exhibiting depolymerase activity, were isolated from untreated wastewater using standard methods. Biofilms containing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Micrococcus luteus, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Elizabethkingia anophelis, Cupriavidus metallidurans, and Methylobacterium fujisawaense were established in the CBR p-trap model for a period of 28 d. Subsequently, CAV1016 was inoculated into the p-trap model and monitored over a period of 21 d. Biofilms were treated for 2 h at either 25 °C or 37 °C with the phage cocktail (109 PFU/ml) at 7, 14, and 21 d post-inoculation. The effect of phage treatment on the viability of biofilm-associated CAV1016 was determined by plate count on m-Endo LES agar. Biofilm heterotrophic plate counts (HPC) were determined using R2A agar. Phage titers were determined by plaque assay. Phage treatment reduced biofilm-associated CAV1016 viability by 1 log10 CFU/cm2 (p < 0.05) at 7 and 14 d (37 °C) and 1.4 log10 and 1.6 log10 CFU/cm2 (p < 0.05) at 7 and 14 d, respectively (25 °C). No significant reduction was observed at 21 d post-inoculation. Phage treatment had no significant effect on the biofilm HPCs (p > 0.05) at any time point or temperature. Supplementation with a non-ionic surfactant appears to enhance phage association within biofilms. The results of this study suggest the potential of phages to control CPKP and other carbapenemase-producing organisms associated with microbial biofilms in the healthcare environment.
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- Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Onyedibe KI, Shehu NY, Pires D, Isa SE, Okolo MO, Gomerep SS, Ibrahim C, Igbanugo SJ, Odesanya RU, Olayinka A, Egah DZ, Pittet D. Assessment of hand hygiene facilities and staff compliance in a large tertiary health care facility in northern Nigeria: a cross sectional study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2020; 9:30. [PMID: 32046790 PMCID: PMC7014740 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-020-0693-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background The burden of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is 2 to 18 times higher in developing countries. However, few data are available regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) process indicators in these countries. We evaluated hand hygiene (HH) facilities and compliance amongst healthcare workers (HCW) in a 600-bed healthcare facility in Northcentral Nigeria providing tertiary care service for a catchment population of about 20 million. Methods An in-house facility assessment tool and the World Health Organization (WHO) direct observation method were used to assess the HH facilities and compliance, respectively. Factors associated with good compliance were determined by multivariate analysis. Results The facility survey was carried out in all 46 clinical units of the hospital. 72% of the units had no poster or written policy on HH; 87% did not have alcohol-based hand rubs; 98% had at least one handwash sink; 28% had flowing tap water all day while 72% utilized cup and bucket; and 58% had no hand drying facilities. A total of 406 HH opportunities were observed among 175 HCWs. The overall compliance was 31%, ranging from 18% among ward attendants to 82% among medical students. Based on WHO “5 moments” for HH, average compliance was 21% before patient contact, 23% before aseptic procedure, 63% after body fluid exposure risk, 41% after patient contact and 40% after contact with patients’ surrounding. Being a medical student was independently associated with high HH compliance, adjusted odds ratio: 13.87 (1.70–112.88). Conclusions Availability of HH facilities and HCW compliance in a large tertiary hospital in Nigeria is poor. Our findings confirm that HCWs seem more sensitized to their risk of exposure to potential pathogens than to the prevention of HAI cross-transmission. Inadequate HH facilities probably contributed to the poor compliance. Specific measures such as improved facilities, training and monitoring are needed to improve HH compliance.
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
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- Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety - Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte and Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
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- Department of Nursing Services, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
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- Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety - Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Turner C, Mosby D, Partridge D, Mason C, Parsons H. A patient sink tap facilitating carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales transmission. J Hosp Infect 2019; 104:511-512. [PMID: 31881253 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- C Turner
- Department of Microbiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
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- Department of Microbiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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Effectiveness of foam disinfectants in reducing sink-drain gram-negative bacterial colonization. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2019; 41:280-285. [PMID: 31801646 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sink drainage systems are not amenable to standard methods of cleaning and disinfection. Disinfectants applied as a foam might enhance efficacy of drain decontamination due to greater persistence and increased penetration into sites harboring microorganisms. OBJECTIVE To examine the efficacy and persistence of foam-based products in reducing sink drain colonization with gram-negative bacilli. METHODS During a 5-month period, different methods for sink drain disinfection in patient rooms were evaluated in a hospital and its affiliated long-term care facility. We compared the efficacy of a single treatment with 4 different foam products in reducing the burden of gram-negative bacilli in the sink drain to a depth of 2.4 cm (1 inch) below the strainer. For the most effective product, the effectiveness of foam versus liquid-pouring applications, and the effectiveness of repeated foam treatments were evaluated. RESULTS A foam product containing 3.13% hydrogen peroxide and 0.05% peracetic acid was significantly more effective than the other 3 foam products. In comparison to pouring the hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid disinfectant, the foam application resulted in significantly reduced recovery of gram-negative bacilli on days 1, 2, and 3 after treatment with a return to baseline by day 7. With repeated treatments every 3 days, a progressive decrease in the bacterial load recovered from sink drains was achieved. CONCLUSIONS An easy-to-use foaming application of a hydrogen peroxide- and peracetic acid-based disinfectant suppressed sink-drain colonization for at least 3 days. Intermittent application of the foaming disinfectant could potentially reduce the risk for dissemination of pathogens from sink drains.
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Reyes J, Aguilar AC, Caicedo A. Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: Microbiology Key Points for Clinical Practice. Int J Gen Med 2019; 12:437-446. [PMID: 31819594 PMCID: PMC6886555 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s214305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Carbapenemase–producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains (Cp-Kpn) represent a challenge for clinical practitioners due to their increasing prevalence in hospital settings and antibiotic resistance. Clinical practitioners are often overwhelmed by the extensive list of publications regarding Cp-Kpn infections, treatment, characteristics, identification, and diagnosis. In this perspective article, we provide key points for clinical practitioners to consider for improved patient management including identification of risk factors and strategies for treatment. Additionally, we also discuss genetic underpinnings of antibiotic resistance, implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP), and use of automated systems for detection of Cp-Kpn. Collectively, implementation of such key points would enhance clinical practices through providing practical knowledge to health professionals worldwide.
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- Jorge Reyes
- Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Microbiología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito 17-09-01, Ecuador.,Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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- Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Microbiología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito 17-09-01, Ecuador.,Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud (COCSA), Escuela de Medicina, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito 17-12-841, Ecuador
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- Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Instituto de Microbiología, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito 17-09-01, Ecuador.,Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud (COCSA), Escuela de Medicina, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito 17-12-841, Ecuador.,Sistemas Médicos (SIME), Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito 17-12-841, Ecuador
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The Washing Machine as a Reservoir for Transmission of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase (CTX-M-15)-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca ST201 to Newborns. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.01435-19. [PMID: 31562168 PMCID: PMC6821978 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01435-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Washing machines should be further investigated as possible sites for horizontal gene transfer (ESBL genes) and cross-contamination with clinically important Gram-negative strains. Particularly in the health care sector, the knowledge of possible (re-)contamination of laundry (patients’ clothes and staff uniforms) with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria could help to prevent and to control nosocomial infections. This report describes an outbreak with a single strain of a multidrug-resistant bacterium (Klebsiella oxytoca sequence type 201) in a neonatal intensive care unit that was terminated only when the washing machine was removed. In addition, the study implies that changes in washing machine design and processing are required to prevent accumulation of residual water where microbial growth can occur and contaminate clothes. During the period from April 2012 to May 2013, 13 newborns (1 to 4 weeks of age) and 1 child in a pediatric hospital ward in Germany were colonized with Klebsiella oxytoca producing an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) (CTX-M-15). A microbiological source-tracking analysis with human and environmental samples was carried out to identify the source and transmission pathways of the K. oxytoca clone. In addition, different hygienic intervention methods were evaluated. K. oxytoca isolates were detected in the detergent drawer and on the rubber door seal of a domestic washer-extractor machine that was used in the same ward to wash laundry for the newborns, as well as in two sinks. These strains were typed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing. The environmental findings were compared with those for the human strains and the isolates detected on clothing. The results from both techniques showed that the strains were identical (sequence type 201 and PFGE type 00531, a clone specific to this hospital and not previously isolated in Germany), emphasizing the washing machine as a reservoir and fomite for the transmission of these multidrug-resistant bacteria. After the washing machine was taken out of use, no further colonizations were detected during the subsequent 4-year period. IMPORTANCE Washing machines should be further investigated as possible sites for horizontal gene transfer (ESBL genes) and cross-contamination with clinically important Gram-negative strains. Particularly in the health care sector, the knowledge of possible (re-)contamination of laundry (patients’ clothes and staff uniforms) with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria could help to prevent and to control nosocomial infections. This report describes an outbreak with a single strain of a multidrug-resistant bacterium (Klebsiella oxytoca sequence type 201) in a neonatal intensive care unit that was terminated only when the washing machine was removed. In addition, the study implies that changes in washing machine design and processing are required to prevent accumulation of residual water where microbial growth can occur and contaminate clothes.
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Ghasemian A, Mohabati Mobarez A, Najar Peerayeh S, Talebi Bezmin Abadi A, Khodaparast S, Mahmood SS. Expression of adhesin genes and biofilm formation among Klebsiella oxytoca clinical isolates from patients with antibiotic-associated haemorrhagic colitis. J Med Microbiol 2019; 68:978-985. [PMID: 31136296 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Biofilm formation and resistance to last-line antibiotics have restricted chemotherapy options toward infection eradication. METHODOLOGY Fifty K. oxytoca isolates were collected from patients with antibiotic-associated haemorrhagic colitis (AAHC). Antibiotic susceptibility tests were conducted and phenotypic biofilm formation was assessed using microtitre tissue plate (MTP) assay. PCR was employed to amplify the adhesins, extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), carbapenemase and colistin resistance genes. The expression of adhesin genes was evaluated using quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR).Results/Key findings. The previous antibiotic consumption and hospitalization (P<0.05) and older ages (P=0.0033) were significantly associated with AAHC. None of the isolates produced biofilm strongly, but 70% of them produced moderate-level biofilm. The blaCTX-M (12/14), the blaIMP (8/14 MICIMI =4 µg ml-1 ) and blaOXA-48-like (5/14) and mcr-1 (4/14) genes were predominant, three of which harbouring all the genes. The expression of matB (0.023) and mrkA (0.011) was significantly different between multidrug-resistant and susceptible isolates. Furthermore, moderately biofilm producer isolates significantly exhibited higher expression of fimA (P=.0117), pilQ (P=0.002) and mrkA (P=0.020) genes compared to biofilm non-producers. No significant difference regarding gene expression was observed among ESBL alleles. CONCLUSION Bacterial attachment by adhesins and biofilm formation among extensive drug-resistant K. oxytoca isolates hinder the efficient infection eradication. Hence, control and surveillance studies should be performed and other therapeutic auspicious approaches must be taken into account against AAHC, biofilm formation and drug resistance spread. Furthermore, previous antibiotic consumption and long-term hospitalization should be controlled.
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- Abdolmajid Ghasemian
- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Baghdad, AL Mansour City, Baghdad, Iraq
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Fang H, Huang K, Yu J, Ding C, Wang Z, Zhao C, Yuan H, Wang Z, Wang S, Hu J, Cui Y. Metagenomic analysis of bacterial communities and antibiotic resistance genes in the Eriocheir sinensis freshwater aquaculture environment. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 224:202-211. [PMID: 30822726 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 02/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Aquaculture has attracted significant attention as an environmental gateway to the development of antibiotic resistance. The industry of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis contributes significantly to the freshwater aquaculture industry in China. However, the situation of antibiotic resistance in the E. sinensis aquaculture environment is not known. In this study, high-throughput sequencing based metagenomic approaches were used to comprehensively investigate the structure of bacterial communities, the abundance and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), as well as mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in three E. sinensis aquaculture ponds in Jiangsu Province, China. The dominant phyla were Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes in water samples and Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Verrucomicrobia, and Bacteroidetes in sediment samples. Bacitracin and multidrug were predominant ARG types in water and sediment samples, respectively. There was a significant correlation between MGEs and ARGs. In particular, plasmids were the most abundant MGEs and strongly correlated with ARGs. This is the first study of antibiotic resistome that uses metagenomic approaches in the E. sinensis aquaculture environment. The results indicate that the opportunistic pathogens may acquire ARGs via horizontal gene transfer, intensifying the potential risk to human health.
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- Hao Fang
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing, 210042, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing, 210042, China.
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Cole K, Talmadge JE. Mitigation of microbial contamination from waste water and aerosolization by sink design. J Hosp Infect 2019; 103:193-199. [PMID: 31145930 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a significant cause of increased medical costs, morbidity, mortality, and have been partly associated with sinks, their waste water outlets and associated pipework. AIM To determine whether an engineered sink could limit microbial aerosol contaminants in the air and sink basin. METHODS Multiple comparisons were undertaken between an experimental sink, designed to limit aerosolization and p-trap contamination to a control hospital sink, both connected to a common drain system. The experimental sink was equipped with ultraviolet light (UV), an aerosol containment hood, ozonated water generator and a flush system to limit bacterial growth/aerosolization and limit microbial growth in the p-trap. Nutrient material was added daily to simulate typical material discarded into a hospital sink. Surface collection swabs, settle plates and p-trap contamination levels were assessed for bacteria and fungi. FINDINGS The experimental sink had significantly decreased levels of bacterial and fungal p-trap contamination (99.9% for Tryptic Soy (TSA) and Sabouraud agar (SAB) plates) relative to the initial levels. Aerosol-induced contaminant from the p-traps was significantly lower for the experimental vs the control sink for TSA (76%) and SAB (86%) agar settle plates. CONCLUSIONS Limiting microbial contamination is critical for the control of nosocomial infections of in-room sinks, which provide a major source of contamination. Our experimental sink studies document that regular ozonated water rinsing of the sink surface, decontamination of p-trap water, and UV decontamination of surfaces limits microbial aerosolization and surface contamination, with potential to decrease patient exposure and reduce hospital acquired infections.
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- K Cole
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
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Smolders D, Hendriks B, Rogiers P, Mul M, Gordts B. Acetic acid as a decontamination method for ICU sink drains colonized by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and its effect on CPE infections. J Hosp Infect 2019; 102:82-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Effectiveness of a hydrogen peroxide foam against bleach for the disinfection of sink drains. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2019; 40:724-726. [PMID: 30992089 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Klebsiella and Providencia emerge as lone survivors following long-term starvation of oral microbiota. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:8499-8504. [PMID: 30975748 PMCID: PMC6486781 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820594116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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It is well-understood that many bacteria have evolved to survive catastrophic events using a variety of mechanisms, which include expression of stress-response genes, quiescence, necrotrophy, and metabolic advantages obtained through mutation. However, the dynamics of individuals leveraging these abilities to gain a competitive advantage in an ecologically complex setting remain unstudied. In this study, we observed the saliva microbiome throughout the ecological perturbation of long-term starvation, allowing only the species best equipped to access and use the limited resources to survive. During the first several days, the community underwent a death phase that resulted in a ∼50-100-fold reduction in the number of viable cells. Interestingly, after this death phase, only three species, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Providencia alcalifaciens, all members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, appeared to be transcriptionally active and recoverable. Klebsiella are significant human pathogens, frequently resistant to multiple antibiotics, and recently, ectopic colonization of the gut by oral Klebsiella was documented to induce dysbiosis and inflammation. MetaOmics analyses provided several leads for further investigation regarding the ecological success of the Enterobacteriaceae. The isolates accumulated single nucleotide polymorphisms in known growth advantage in stationary phase alleles and produced natural products closely resembling antimicrobial cyclic depsipeptides. The results presented in this study suggest that pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae persist much longer than their more benign neighbors in the salivary microbiome when faced with starvation. This is particularly significant, given that hospital surfaces contaminated with oral fluids, especially sinks and drains, are well-established sources of outbreaks of drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
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Beyrouthy R, Barets M, Marion E, Dananché C, Dauwalder O, Robin F, Gauthier L, Jousset A, Dortet L, Guérin F, Bénet T, Cassier P, Vanhems P, Bonnet R. Novel Enterobacter Lineage as Leading Cause of Nosocomial Outbreak Involving Carbapenemase-Producing Strains. Emerg Infect Dis 2019; 24:1505-1515. [PMID: 30014838 PMCID: PMC6056098 DOI: 10.3201/eid2408.180151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We investigated unusual carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex isolates (n = 8) in the novel sequence type (ST) 873, which caused nosocomial infections in 2 hospitals in France. Whole-genome sequence typing showed the 1-year persistence of the epidemic strain, which harbored a blaVIM-4 ST1-IncHI2 plasmid, in 1 health institution and 2 closely related strains harboring blaCTX-M-15 in the other. These isolates formed a new subgroup in the E. hormaechei metacluster, according to their hsp60 sequences and phylogenomic analysis. The average nucleotide identities, specific biochemical properties, and pangenomic and functional investigations of isolates suggested isolates of a novel species that had acquired genes associated with adhesion and mobility. The emergence of this novel Enterobacter phylogenetic lineage within hospitals should be closely monitored because of its ability to persist and spread.
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Droplet- Rather than Aerosol-Mediated Dispersion Is the Primary Mechanism of Bacterial Transmission from Contaminated Hand-Washing Sink Traps. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.01997-18. [PMID: 30367005 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01997-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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An alarming rise in hospital outbreaks implicating hand-washing sinks has led to widespread acknowledgment that sinks are a major reservoir of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in patient care areas. An earlier study using green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing Escherichia coli (GFP-E. coli) as a model organism demonstrated dispersal from drain biofilms in contaminated sinks. The present study further characterizes the dispersal of microorganisms from contaminated sinks. Replicate hand-washing sinks were inoculated with GFP-E. coli, and dispersion was measured using qualitative (settle plates) and quantitative (air sampling) methods. Dispersal caused by faucet water was captured with settle plates and air sampling methods when bacteria were present on the drain. In contrast, no dispersal was captured without or in between faucet events, amending an earlier theory that bacteria aerosolize from the P-trap and disperse. Numbers of dispersed GFP-E. coli cells diminished substantially within 30 minutes after faucet usage, suggesting that the organisms were associated with larger droplet-sized particles that are not suspended in the air for long periods.IMPORTANCE Among the possible environmental reservoirs in a patient care environment, sink drains are increasingly recognized as a potential reservoir to hospitalized patients of multidrug-resistant health care-associated pathogens. With increasing antimicrobial resistance limiting therapeutic options for patients, a better understanding of how pathogens disseminate from sink drains is urgently needed. Once this knowledge gap has decreased, interventions can be engineered to decrease or eliminate transmission from hospital sink drains to patients. The current study further defines the mechanisms of transmission for bacteria that colonize sink drains.
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Buchan BW, Graham MB, Lindmair-Snell J, Arvan J, Ledeboer NA, Nanchal R, Munoz-Price LS. The relevance of sink proximity to toilets on the detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase inside sink drains. Am J Infect Control 2019; 47:98-100. [PMID: 30172608 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We report a higher prevalence of blaKPC in patient room sink drains located next to toilets (87.0%) when compared with sink drains located farther away from toilets (21.7%) using direct polymerase chain reaction assay. However, culture methods were only able to recover blaKPC-positive isolates from 16% of polymerase chain reaction-positive drains.
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Johnson RC, Deming C, Conlan S, Zellmer CJ, Michelin AV, Lee-Lin S, Thomas PJ, Park M, Weingarten RA, Less J, Dekker JP, Frank KM, Musser KA, McQuiston JR, Henderson DK, Lau AF, Palmore TN, Segre JA. Investigation of a Cluster of Sphingomonas koreensis Infections. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:2529-2539. [PMID: 30586509 PMCID: PMC6322212 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1803238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Plumbing systems are an infrequent but known reservoir for opportunistic microbial pathogens that can infect hospitalized patients. In 2016, a cluster of clinical sphingomonas infections prompted an investigation. METHODS We performed whole-genome DNA sequencing on clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant Sphingomonas koreensis identified from 2006 through 2016 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center. We cultured S. koreensis from the sinks in patient rooms and performed both whole-genome and shotgun metagenomic sequencing to identify a reservoir within the infrastructure of the hospital. These isolates were compared with clinical and environmental S. koreensis isolates obtained from other institutions. RESULTS The investigation showed that two isolates of S. koreensis obtained from the six patients identified in the 2016 cluster were unrelated, but four isolates shared more than 99.92% genetic similarity and were resistant to multiple antibiotic agents. Retrospective analysis of banked clinical isolates of sphingomonas from the NIH Clinical Center revealed the intermittent recovery of a clonal strain over the past decade. Unique single-nucleotide variants identified in strains of S. koreensis elucidated the existence of a reservoir in the hospital plumbing. Clinical S. koreensis isolates from other facilities were genetically distinct from the NIH isolates. Hospital remediation strategies were guided by results of microbiologic culturing and fine-scale genomic analyses. CONCLUSIONS This genomic and epidemiologic investigation suggests that S. koreensis is an opportunistic human pathogen that both persisted in the NIH Clinical Center infrastructure across time and space and caused health care-associated infections. (Funded by the NIH Intramural Research Programs.).
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- Ryan C Johnson
- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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- From the National Human Genome Research Institute (R.C.J., C.D., S.C., S.L.-L., J.A.S.), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (C.J.Z., A.V.M., R.A.W., J.P.D., K.M.F., D.K.H., A.F.L., T.N.P.), and the Division of Facilities, Operations, and Maintenance (J.L.), NIH, Bethesda, and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, NIH, Rockville (P.J.T., M.P.) - all in Maryland; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany (K.A.M.); and the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (J.R.M.). Dr. Park serves as an author on behalf of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center Comparative Sequencing Program
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Aranega-Bou P, George RP, Verlander NQ, Paton S, Bennett A, Moore G. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae dispersal from sinks is linked to drain position and drainage rates in a laboratory model system. J Hosp Infect 2018; 102:63-69. [PMID: 30571992 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hospital sinks, waste traps and drains can harbour carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). AIM To investigate the dispersal of CRE from sinks in which water delivered from the tap flows directly into the drain and from clinical handwash basins with the drain at the rear. The effect of fast and slow drainage rates was also assessed. METHODS Waste traps, known to be colonized with CRE, were taken from a hospital and installed within a model laboratory system. New waste traps were also installed and artificially inoculated with CRE. The potential for bacteria to be dispersed from sinks was assessed using cyclone air samplers and/or settle plates. FINDINGS When the waste traps were artificially contaminated and CRE colonization was confined to the waste trap water, significantly fewer bacteria were dispersed from sinks that drained quickly (P = 0.004) and/or from rear-draining sinks (P = 0.002). When the waste traps were naturally contaminated and CRE colonized the trap, pipework and drain, there was significant interaction between sink drainage and position of the drain (P < 0.001). When drainage was slow, dispersal from rear-draining sinks was almost 30-fold less than from sinks with the drain underneath the tap (P < 0.001). When drainage was fast, rear-draining sinks again released comparatively fewer CRE, although, in this case, the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.7). Contaminated splashes travelled up to 1 m from the sink. CONCLUSION Slow drainage rates and sink designs with the drain directly underneath the tap increase the risk of CRE present in waste traps and drains contaminating the ward environment.
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- Biosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Salisbury, UK.
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- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Statistics Unit, Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Colindale, UK
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- Biosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Salisbury, UK
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- Biosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Salisbury, UK
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- Biosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Salisbury, UK
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A Large, Refractory Nosocomial Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Escherichia coli Demonstrates Carbapenemase Gene Outbreaks Involving Sink Sites Require Novel Approaches to Infection Control. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:AAC.01689-18. [PMID: 30249685 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01689-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) represent a health threat, but effective control interventions remain unclear. Hospital wastewater sites are increasingly being highlighted as important potential reservoirs. We investigated a large Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Escherichia coli outbreak and wider CRE incidence trends in the Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) (United Kingdom) over 8 years, to determine the impact of infection prevention and control measures. Bacteriology and patient administration data (2009 to 2017) were linked, and a subset of CMFT or regional hospital KPC-producing E. coli isolates (n = 268) were sequenced. Control interventions followed international guidelines and included cohorting, rectal screening (n = 184,539 screens), environmental sampling, enhanced cleaning, and ward closure and plumbing replacement. Segmented regression of time trends for CRE detections was used to evaluate the impact of interventions on CRE incidence. Genomic analysis (n = 268 isolates) identified the spread of a KPC-producing E. coli outbreak clone (strain A, sequence type 216 [ST216]; n = 125) among patients and in the environment, particularly on 2 cardiac wards (wards 3 and 4), despite control measures. ST216 strain A had caused an antecedent outbreak and shared its KPC plasmids with other E. coli lineages and Enterobacteriaceae species. CRE acquisition incidence declined after closure of wards 3 and 4 and plumbing replacement, suggesting an environmental contribution. However, ward 3/ward 4 wastewater sites were rapidly recolonized with CRE and patient CRE acquisitions recurred, albeit at lower rates. Patient relocation and plumbing replacement were associated with control of a clonal KPC-producing E. coli outbreak; however, environmental contamination with CRE and patient CRE acquisitions recurred rapidly following this intervention. The large numbers of cases and the persistence of bla KPC in E. coli, including pathogenic lineages, are of concern.
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Sink traps as the source of transmission of OXA-48-producing Serratia marcescens in an intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018; 39:1307-1315. [PMID: 30284524 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) outbreaks are mostly attributed to patient-to-patient transmission via healthcare workers. OBJECTIVE We describe successful containment of a prolonged OXA-48-producing S. marcescens outbreak after recognizing the sink traps as the source of transmission. METHODS The Sheba Medical Center intensive care unit (ICU), contains 16 single-bed, semi-closed rooms. Active CPE surveillance includes twice-weekly rectal screening of all patients. A case was defined as a patient detected with OXA-48 CPE >72 hours after admission. A root-cause analysis was used to investigate the outbreak. All samples were inoculated on chrom-agar CRE, and carbapenemase genes were detected using commercial molecular Xpert-Carba-R. Environmental and patient S. marcescens isolates were characterized using PFGE. RESULTS From January 2016 to May 2017, 32 OXA-48 CPE cases were detected, and 81% of these were S. marcescens. A single clone was the cause of all but the first 2 cases. The common factor in all cases was the use of relatively large amounts of tap water. The outbreak clone was detected in 2 sink outlets and 16 sink traps. In addition to routine strict infection control measures, measures taken to contain the outbreak included (1) various sink decontamination efforts, which eliminated the bacteria from the sink drains only temporarily and (2) educational intervention that engaged the ICU team and lead to high adherence to 'sink-contamination prevention guidelines.' No additional cases were detected for 12 months. CONCLUSIONS Despite persistence of the outbreak clones in the environmental reservoir for 1 year, the outbreak was rapidly and successfully contained. Addressing sink traps as hidden reservoirs played a major role in the intervention.
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Parkes LO, Hota SS. Sink-Related Outbreaks and Mitigation Strategies in Healthcare Facilities. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2018; 20:42. [PMID: 30128678 DOI: 10.1007/s11908-018-0648-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW In this review, we summarize recent outbreaks attributed to hospital sinks and examine design features and behaviors that contributed to these outbreaks. The effectiveness of various risk mitigation strategies is presented. Finally, we examine investigational strategies targeted at reducing the risk of sink-related infections. RECENT FINDINGS Outbreaks of hospital sink-related infections involve a diverse spectrum of microorganisms. They can be attributed to defects in sink design and hospital wastewater systems that promote the formation and dispersion of biofilm, as well as healthcare practitioner and patient behaviors. Risk mitigation strategies are often bundled; while they may reduce clinical cases, sink colonization may persist. Novel approaches targeting biofilms show promise but require more investigation. Emphasis should be placed on optimizing best practices in sink design and placement to prevent infections. Hospitals should consider developing a rational surveillance and prevention strategy based on the current design and state of their sinks.
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- Leighanne O Parkes
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Pavilion E-0054, 3755 Chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, QC, H3T 1E2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University Health Network, 9th Floor - 8 PMB 102, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada.
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Wastewater drains: epidemiology and interventions in 23 carbapenem-resistant organism outbreaks. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018; 39:972-979. [DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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AbstractFor many years, patient-area wastewater drains (ie, sink and shower drains) have been considered a potential source of bacterial pathogens that can be transmitted to patients. Recently, evolving genomic epidemiology tools combined with new insights into the ecology of wastewater drain (WWD) biofilm have provided new perspectives on the clinical relevance and hospital-associated infection (HAI) transmission risks related to these fixtures. To further clarify the clinical relevance of WWD-associated pathogen transmission, reports of outbreaks attributed to WWDs were selected for review that (1) investigated the outbreak epidemiology of WWD-associated transmission of bacterial pathogens, (2) utilized advanced microbiologic methods to establish clonality of outbreak pathogens and/or resistance genes, or (3) described interventions implemented to mitigate transmission of the outbreak pathogens from WWDs. These reports were collated, compared, and analyzed, and the results are presented here.
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Porreca AM, Sullivan KV, Gallagher JC. The Epidemiology, Evolution, and Treatment of KPC-Producing Organisms. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2018; 20:13. [PMID: 29730830 DOI: 10.1007/s11908-018-0617-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to investigate the evolution and epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing organisms and the current and future treatment options for infections caused by KPC-producing isolates. RECENT FINDINGS The emergence of resistance in Enterobacteriaceae producing carbapenemases globally has increased the challenges in treating infections caused by these organisms. One of the prominent mechanisms of resistance is the production of KPC enzymes. Infections caused by organisms producing KPCs have limited treatment options and are associated with poor clinical outcomes. The rapid rise of KPC-producing organisms necessitated the use of drugs with pharmacokinetic and toxicity limitations, including polymyxins, tigecycline, fosfomycin, and aminoglycosides. The availability of new beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations that are effective against KPC-producing organisms represent an advance in safety and efficacy. Several agents are currently being studied that have activity against KPC-producing organisms and appear to represent promising additions to our armamentarium. KPC-producing organisms cause infections with high morbidity and mortality. Limited treatment options are available, though new therapies have been developed. Pipeline agents are likely to have a place in therapy for the treatment of infections caused by KPC-producing isolates.
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- Ann Marie Porreca
- Temple University School of Pharmacy, 3307 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Temple University School of Pharmacy, 3307 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Atypical Klebsiella Species in a Third Level Hospital as Cause of Neonatal Infection. Jundishapur J Microbiol 2018. [DOI: 10.5812/jjm.62393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Genomic Analysis of Hospital Plumbing Reveals Diverse Reservoir of Bacterial Plasmids Conferring Carbapenem Resistance. mBio 2018; 9:mBio.02011-17. [PMID: 29437920 PMCID: PMC5801463 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02011-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The hospital environment is a potential reservoir of bacteria with plasmids conferring carbapenem resistance. Our Hospital Epidemiology Service routinely performs extensive sampling of high-touch surfaces, sinks, and other locations in the hospital. Over a 2-year period, additional sampling was conducted at a broader range of locations, including housekeeping closets, wastewater from hospital internal pipes, and external manholes. We compared these data with previously collected information from 5 years of patient clinical and surveillance isolates. Whole-genome sequencing and analysis of 108 isolates provided comprehensive characterization of blaKPC/blaNDM-positive isolates, enabling an in-depth genetic comparison. Strikingly, despite a very low prevalence of patient infections with blaKPC-positive organisms, all samples from the intensive care unit pipe wastewater and external manholes contained carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs), suggesting a vast, resilient reservoir. We observed a diverse set of species and plasmids, and we noted species and susceptibility profile differences between environmental and patient populations of CPOs. However, there were plasmid backbones common to both populations, highlighting a potential environmental reservoir of mobile elements that may contribute to the spread of resistance genes. Clear associations between patient and environmental isolates were uncommon based on sequence analysis and epidemiology, suggesting reasonable infection control compliance at our institution. Nonetheless, a probable nosocomial transmission of Leclercia sp. from the housekeeping environment to a patient was detected by this extensive surveillance. These data and analyses further our understanding of CPOs in the hospital environment and are broadly relevant to the design of infection control strategies in many infrastructure settings. Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) are a global concern because of the morbidity and mortality associated with these resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Horizontal plasmid transfer spreads the resistance mechanism to new bacteria, and understanding the plasmid ecology of the hospital environment can assist in the design of control strategies to prevent nosocomial infections. A 5-year genomic and epidemiological survey was undertaken to study the CPOs in the patient-accessible environment, as well as in the plumbing system removed from the patient. This comprehensive survey revealed a vast, unappreciated reservoir of CPOs in wastewater, which was in contrast to the low positivity rate in both the patient population and the patient-accessible environment. While there were few patient-environmental isolate associations, there were plasmid backbones common to both populations. These results are relevant to all hospitals for which CPO colonization may not yet be defined through extensive surveillance.
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Deasy EC, Moloney EM, Boyle MA, Swan JS, Geoghegan DA, Brennan GI, Fleming TE, O'Donnell MJ, Coleman DC. Minimizing microbial contamination risk simultaneously from multiple hospital washbasins by automated cleaning and disinfection of U-bends with electrochemically activated solutions. J Hosp Infect 2018; 100:e98-e104. [PMID: 29410281 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Outbreaks of infection associated with microbial biofilm in hospital hand washbasin U-bends are being reported increasingly. In a previous study, the efficacy of a prototype automated U-bend decontamination method was demonstrated for a single non-hospital pattern washbasin. It used two electrochemically activated solutions (ECA) generated from brine: catholyte with detergent properties and anolyte with disinfectant properties. AIM To develop and test a large-scale automated ECA treatment system to decontaminate 10 hospital pattern washbasin U-bends simultaneously in a busy hospital clinic. METHODS A programmable system was developed whereby the washbasin drain outlets, U-bends and proximal wastewater pipework automatically underwent 10-min treatments with catholyte followed by anolyte, three times weekly, over five months. Six untreated washbasins served as controls. Quantitative bacterial counts from U-bends were determined on Columbia blood agar, Reasoner's 2A agar and Pseudomonas aeruginosa selective agar following treatment and 24 h later. FINDINGS The average bacterial densities in colony-forming units/swab from treated U-bends showed a >3 log reduction compared with controls, and reductions were highly significant (P<0.0001) on all media. There was no significant increase in average bacterial counts from treated U-bends 24 h later on all media (P>0.1). P. aeruginosa was the most prevalent organism recovered throughout the study. Internal examination of untreated U-bends using electron microscopy showed dense biofilm extending to the washbasin drain outlet junction, whereas treated U-bends were free from biofilm. CONCLUSION Simultaneous automated treatment of multiple hospital washbasin U-bends with ECA consistently minimizes microbial contamination and thus the associated risk of infection.
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- Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Facilities Department, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Facilities Department, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Microbiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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Kizny Gordon AE, Mathers AJ, Cheong EYL, Gottlieb T, Kotay S, Walker AS, Peto TEA, Crook DW, Stoesser N. The Hospital Water Environment as a Reservoir for Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms Causing Hospital-Acquired Infections-A Systematic Review of the Literature. Clin Infect Dis 2018; 64:1435-1444. [PMID: 28200000 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Over the last 20 years there have been 32 reports of carbapenem-resistant organisms in the hospital water environment, with half of these occurring since 2010. The majority of these reports have described associated clinical outbreaks in the intensive care setting, affecting the critically ill and the immunocompromised. Drains, sinks, and faucets were most frequently colonized, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa the predominant organism. Imipenemase (IMP), Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC), and Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM) were the most common carbapenemases found. Molecular typing was performed in almost all studies, with pulse field gel electrophoresis being most commonly used. Seventy-two percent of studies reported controlling outbreaks, of which just more than one-third eliminated the organism from the water environment. A combination of interventions seems to be most successful, including reinforcement of general infection control measures, alongside chemical disinfection. The most appropriate disinfection method remains unclear, however, and it is likely that replacement of colonized water reservoirs may be required for long-term clearance.
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- Alice E Kizny Gordon
- Modernising Medical Microbiology Consortium, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, and
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville
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- Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation Hospital, Sydney, and.,University of Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Concord Repatriation Hospital, Sydney, and.,University of Sydney, Australia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville
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- Modernising Medical Microbiology Consortium, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, and.,Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom
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- Modernising Medical Microbiology Consortium, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, and.,Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom
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- Modernising Medical Microbiology Consortium, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, and.,Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom
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- Modernising Medical Microbiology Consortium, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, and
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van Loon K, Voor In 't Holt AF, Vos MC. A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of the Clinical Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:e01730-17. [PMID: 29038269 PMCID: PMC5740327 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01730-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are major health care-associated pathogens and responsible for hospital outbreaks worldwide. To prevent a further increase in CRE infections and to improve infection prevention strategies, it is important to summarize the current knowledge about CRE infection prevention in hospital settings. This systematic review aimed to identify risk factors for CRE acquisition among hospitalized patients. In addition, we summarized the environmental sources/reservoirs and the most successful infection prevention strategies related to CRE. A total of 3,983 potentially relevant articles were identified and screened. Finally, we included 162 studies in the systematic review, of which 69 studies regarding risk factors for CRE acquisition were included in the random-effects meta-analysis studies. The meta-analyses regarding risk factors for CRE acquisition showed that the use of medical devices generated the highest pooled estimate (odds ratio [OR] = 5.09; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.38 to 7.67), followed by carbapenem use (OR = 4.71; 95% CI = 3.54 to 6.26). To control hospital outbreaks, bundled interventions, including the use of barrier/contact precautions for patients colonized or infected with CRE, are needed. In addition, it is necessary to optimize the therapeutic approach, which is an important message to infectious disease specialists, who need to be actively involved in a timely manner in the treatment of patients with known CRE infections or suspected carriers of CRE.
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- Karlijn van Loon
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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HERRUZO R, RUIZ G, GALLEGO S, DIEZ J, SARRIA A, OMEÑACA F. VIM- Klebsiella oxytoca outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This time it wasn't the drain. JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 2017; 58:E302-E307. [PMID: 29707661 PMCID: PMC5912795 DOI: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2017.58.4.692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Objective We describe an outbreak of VIM-carbapenemase Klebsiella oxytoca (VIM-Kox) in a NICU Materials and methods Prospective Epidemiological Surveillance: Molecular typing was performed using the DiversiLab (bioMérieux) system on all VIM-Kox isolated from environment or patients (one by neonate). Results We identified 20 VIM-Kox cases, the most only presented colonization, but 4 showed infection. Three of the ten sinks (drains) in our NICU, were positive for VIM-Kox. Another four drains harbored P.aeruginosa, S. maltophilia and/or Enterobacter sp. Nevertheless the VIM-Kox bacteria in the sinks (drains) were not the same as those in the patients, who showed three different strains. Conclusions A VIM-Kox colonization or infection outbreak in a NICU is described. Rather than environment, not even drains, the source of the outbreak was other patients. The outbreak was relatively brief, as a result of the rapidness with which appropriate measures were taken and followed.
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- R. HERRUZO
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
- * Correspondence: Rafael Herruzo, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health and Microbiology. School of Medicine. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4. 28029 Madrid (Spain). E-mail:
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- Microbiology Service, Universitary Hospital “La Paz”, Madrid, Spain
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- Preventive Medicine Service, Universitary Hospital “La Paz”, Madrid, Spain
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- Preventive Medicine Service, Universitary Hospital “La Paz”, Madrid, Spain
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- Microbiology Service, Universitary Hospital “La Paz”, Madrid, Spain
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- Neonatology Service, Children Hospital.Universitary Hospital “La Paz”, Madrid, Spain
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Resolution of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Outbreak in a Tertiary Cancer Center; the Role of Active Surveillance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017; 38:1117-1119. [PMID: 28693656 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Hopman J, Tostmann A, Wertheim H, Bos M, Kolwijck E, Akkermans R, Sturm P, Voss A, Pickkers P, Vd Hoeven H. Reduced rate of intensive care unit acquired gram-negative bacilli after removal of sinks and introduction of 'water-free' patient care. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2017; 6:59. [PMID: 28616203 PMCID: PMC5466749 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-017-0213-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Sinks in patient rooms are associated with hospital-acquired infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of removal of sinks from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patient rooms and the introduction of ‘water-free’ patient care on gram-negative bacilli colonization rates. Methods We conducted a 2-year pre/post quasi-experimental study that compared monthly gram-negative bacilli colonization rates pre- and post-intervention using segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series data. Five ICUs of a tertiary care medical center were included. Participants were all patients of 18 years and older admitted to our ICUs for at least 48 h who also received selective digestive tract decontamination during the twelve month pre-intervention or the twelve month post-intervention period. The effect of sink removal and the introduction of ‘water-free’ patient care on colonization rates with gram-negative bacilli was evaluated. The main outcome of this study was the monthly colonization rate with gram-negative bacilli (GNB). Yeast colonization rates were used as a ‘negative control’. In addition, colonization rates were calculated for first positive culture results from cultures taken ≥3, ≥5, ≥7, ≥10 and ≥14 days after ICU-admission, rate ratios (RR) were calculated and differences tested with chi-squared tests. Results In the pre-intervention period, 1496 patients (9153 admission days) and in the post-intervention period 1444 patients (9044 admission days) were included. Segmented regression analysis showed that the intervention was followed by a statistically significant immediate reduction in GNB colonization in absence of a pre or post intervention trend in GNB colonization. The overall GNB colonization rate dropped from 26.3 to 21.6 GNB/1000 ICU admission days (colonization rate ratio 0.82; 95%CI 0.67–0.99; P = 0.02). The reduction in GNB colonization rate became more pronounced in patients with a longer ICU-Length of Stay (LOS): from a 1.22-fold reduction (≥2 days), to a 1.6-fold (≥5 days; P = 0.002), 2.5-fold (for ≥10 days; P < 0.001) to a 3.6-fold (≥14 days; P < 0.001) reduction. Conclusions Removal of sinks from patient rooms and introduction of a method of ‘water-free’ patient care is associated with a significant reduction of patient colonization with GNB, especially in patients with a longer ICU length of stay. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13756-017-0213-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Joost Hopman
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud university medical center, Geert Grooteplein 10, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud university medical center, Geert Grooteplein 10, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud university medical center, Geert Grooteplein 10, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud university medical center, Geert Grooteplein 10, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud university medical center, Geert Grooteplein 10, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud university medical center, Geert Grooteplein 10, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Microbiology, Laurentius hospital, Roermond, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud university medical center, Geert Grooteplein 10, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Spread from the Sink to the Patient: In Situ Study Using Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)-Expressing Escherichia coli To Model Bacterial Dispersion from Hand-Washing Sink-Trap Reservoirs. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.03327-16. [PMID: 28235877 PMCID: PMC5377511 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03327-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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There have been an increasing number of reports implicating Gammaproteobacteria as often carrying genes of drug resistance from colonized sink traps to vulnerable hospitalized patients. However, the mechanism of transmission from the wastewater of the sink P-trap to patients remains poorly understood. Herein we report the use of a designated hand-washing sink lab gallery to model dispersion of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing Escherichia coli from sink wastewater to the surrounding environment. We found no dispersion of GFP-expressing E. coli directly from the P-trap to the sink basin or surrounding countertop with coincident water flow from a faucet. However, when the GFP-expressing E. coli cells were allowed to mature in the P-trap under conditions similar to those in a hospital environment, a GFP-expressing E. coli-containing putative biofilm extended upward over 7 days to reach the strainer. This subsequently resulted in droplet dispersion to the surrounding areas (<30 in.) during faucet operation. We also demonstrated that P-trap colonization could occur by retrograde transmission along a common pipe. We postulate that the organisms mobilize up to the strainer from the P-trap, resulting in droplet dispersion rather than dispersion directly from the P-trap. This work helps to further define the mode of transmission of bacteria from a P-trap reservoir to a vulnerable hospitalized patient. IMPORTANCE Many recent reports demonstrate that sink drain pipes become colonized with highly consequential multidrug-resistant bacteria, which then results in hospital-acquired infections. However, the mechanism of dispersal of bacteria from the sink to patients has not been fully elucidated. Through establishment of a unique sink gallery, this work found that a staged mode of transmission involving biofilm growth from the lower pipe to the sink strainer and subsequent splatter to the bowl and surrounding area occurs rather than splatter directly from the water in the lower pipe. We have also demonstrated that bacterial transmission can occur via connections in wastewater plumbing to neighboring sinks. This work helps to more clearly define the mechanism and risk of transmission from a wastewater source to hospitalized patients in a world with increasingly antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can thrive in wastewater environments and cause infections in vulnerable patients.
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De Geyter D, Blommaert L, Verbraeken N, Sevenois M, Huyghens L, Martini H, Covens L, Piérard D, Wybo I. The sink as a potential source of transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2017; 6:24. [PMID: 28239453 PMCID: PMC5314675 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-017-0182-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are emerging pathogens that represent a major public health threat. In the University Hospital of Brussels, the incidence of new patients with CPE rose from 1 case in 2010 to 35 cases in 2015. Between January and August 2015, five patients became infected/colonized with CPE during their stay in the same room in the intensive care unit (ICU). Since the time period between those patients was relatively short and the strains belonged to different species with different antibiograms and mechanisms of resistance, the hypothesis was that the environment could be a possible source of transmission. METHODS AND RESULTS Environmental samples suggested that a contaminated sink was the source of the outbreak. Besides other strains, Citrobacter freundii type OXA-48 was frequently isolated from patients and sinks. To investigate the phylogenetic relationschip between those strains, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was performed. The strains isolated from patients and the sink in the implicated room were highly related and pointed to sink-to-patient transmission. In total, 7 of 8 sinks in the isolation rooms of the ICU were found to be CPE contaminated. To control the outbreak, the sinks and their plumbings were replaced by new ones with another structure, they were flushed every morning with a glucoprotamin solution and routines regarding sink practices were improved leading to discontinuation of the outbreak. CONCLUSIONS This outbreak highlights that hospital sink drains can accumulate strains with resistance genes and become a potential source of CPE.
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- Deborah De Geyter
- Department of Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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A Prolonged Outbreak of KPC-3-Producing Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae Driven by Multiple Mechanisms of Resistance Transmission at a Large Academic Burn Center. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61:AAC.01516-16. [PMID: 27919898 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01516-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacter cloacae has been recently recognized in the United States. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has become a useful tool for analysis of outbreaks and for determining transmission networks of multidrug-resistant organisms in health care settings, including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). We experienced a prolonged outbreak of CRE E. cloacae and K. pneumoniae over a 3-year period at a large academic burn center despite rigorous infection control measures. To understand the molecular mechanisms that sustained this outbreak, we investigated the CRE outbreak isolates by using WGS. Twenty-two clinical isolates of CRE, including E. cloacae (n = 15) and K. pneumoniae (n = 7), were sequenced and analyzed genetically. WGS revealed that this outbreak, which seemed epidemiologically unlinked, was in fact genetically linked over a prolonged period. Multiple mechanisms were found to account for the ongoing outbreak of KPC-3-producing E. cloacae and K. pneumoniae This outbreak was primarily maintained by a clonal expansion of E. cloacae sequence type 114 (ST114) with distribution of multiple resistance determinants. Plasmid and transposon analyses suggested that the majority of blaKPC-3 was transmitted via an identical Tn4401b element on part of a common plasmid. WGS analysis demonstrated complex transmission dynamics within the burn center at levels of the strain and/or plasmid in association with a transposon, highlighting the versatility of KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae in their ability to utilize multiple modes to resistance gene propagation.
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Dramowski A, Whitelaw A, Cotton MF. Assessment of terminal cleaning in pediatric isolation rooms: Options for low-resource settings. Am J Infect Control 2016; 44:1558-1564. [PMID: 27561433 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Few studies have evaluated terminal cleaning in low-resource settings. METHODS Adequacy of pediatric isolation room terminal cleaning was evaluated using quantitative bacterial surface cultures, ATP bioluminescence assays, and fluorescent high-touch surface markers at Tygerberg Children's Hospital in South Africa (August 1, 2014-October 31, 2015). Cleaning adequacy was assessed by comparing pre- and postcleaning measurements. Influence of verbal feedback was determined by comparing cleaners' first and subsequent cleaning episodes. Cleaning methods were compared for cost, time, and feasibility. RESULTS Adequacy of terminal cleaning was evaluated in 25 isolation rooms after hospitalization for pulmonary tuberculosis (n = 13), respiratory (n = 5) and enteric viruses (n = 5), pertussis (n = 1), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (n = 1). Mean aerobic colony counts and mean ATP relative light units declined between pre- and postcleaning evaluations (39 ± 41 to 15 ± 30 [P < .001] and 72 ± 40 to 23 ± 11 [P < .001]). Fluorescent marker removal was initially poor, but improved significantly at subsequent cleaning episodes (17 out of 78 [22%] to 121 out of 198 [61%]; P < .001); mean aerobic colony counts and ATP values also declined significantly following feedback. Cost, time, and resources required for ATP and surface cultures far exceeded that required for fluorescent markers. CONCLUSIONS Adequacy of isolation room cleaning improved following feedback to cleaning staff. Fluorescent markers are an inexpensive option for cleaning evaluation and training in low-resource settings.
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- Angela Dramowski
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Stellenbosch University and the National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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Jackson KA. Prevalence of Klebsiella oxytoca in Anolis carolensis of Louisiana. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2016; 16:800-801. [PMID: 27779443 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2016.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Klebsiella oxytoca is a gram-negative bacterium that can be found throughout the environment as well as on mucosal membranes of mammals including humans. This bacterium is responsible for a variety of infections in humans including nosocomial infections resulting in hospital outbreaks. Reptiles including snakes, tuataras, and turtles have been shown to harbor this bacterium, and previous studies have shown that pet reptiles are a potential source for dissemination of pathogenic bacteria. Green anoles (Anolis carolensis) are a common lizard found in the southeastern part of the United States. For this study, the prevalence of K. oxytoca in free-living green anoles from Louisiana was tested to determine whether anoles are a possible source of pathogenic bacteria. Of the 42 green anoles tested, 7 (17%) were positive for K. oxytoca, demonstrating that anoles are a potential source for human infection from this bacterium.
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French CE, Coope C, Conway L, Higgins JPT, McCulloch J, Okoli G, Patel BC, Oliver I. Control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreaks in acute settings: an evidence review. J Hosp Infect 2016; 95:3-45. [PMID: 27890334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND In recent years, infections with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) have been increasing globally and present a major public health challenge. AIM To review the international literature: (i) to describe CPE outbreaks in acute hospital settings globally; and (ii) to identify the control measures used during these outbreaks and report on their effectiveness. METHODS A systematic search of MEDLINE and EMBASE databases, abstract lists for key conferences and reference lists of key reviews was undertaken, and information on unpublished outbreaks was sought for 2000-2015. Where relevant, risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. A narrative synthesis of the evidence was conducted. FINDINGS Ninety-eight outbreaks were eligible. These occurred worldwide, with 53 reports from Europe. The number of cases (CPE infection or colonization) involved in outbreaks varied widely, from two to 803. In the vast majority of outbreaks, multi-component infection control measures were used, commonly including: patient screening; contact precautions (e.g. gowns, gloves); handwashing interventions; staff education or monitoring; enhanced environmental cleaning/decontamination; cohorting of patients and/or staff; and patient isolation. Seven studies were identified as providing the best-available evidence on the effectiveness of control measures. These demonstrated that CPE outbreaks can be controlled successfully using a range of appropriate, commonly used, infection control measures. However, risk of bias was considered relatively high for these studies. CONCLUSION The findings indicate that CPE outbreaks can be controlled using combinations of existing measures. However, the quality of the evidence base is weak and further high-quality research is needed, particularly on the effectiveness of individual infection control measures.
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- C E French
- University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions at University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions at University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Public Health England, Bristol, UK.
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions at University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Public Health England, Bristol, UK
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions at University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions at University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Public Health England, Bristol, UK
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Yu J, Tan K, Rong Z, Wang Y, Chen Z, Zhu X, Wu L, Tan L, Xiong W, Sun Z, Chen L. Nosocomial outbreak of KPC-2- and NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal ward: a retrospective study. BMC Infect Dis 2016; 16:563. [PMID: 27733128 PMCID: PMC5062924 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1870-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background The spread of resistance to carbapenems among Enterobacteriaceae has become a major public health problem in recent years. In this study, we describe an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae in the neonatal ward. First, we aimed to study the drug resistance, genetic relatedness, and transmission mechanism of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae; second, we implemented infection control measures to contain the outbreak. Methods We investigated 27 non-repetitive strains isolated from neonates and five strains cultured from around the neonatal ward. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the agar dilution method, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were used to analyze the resistance gene(s), antimicrobial susceptibility, and homology, respectively. Health-care personnel education, hand hygiene, outer gown changing, and infected patient isolation were strictly enforced. Results Our antimicrobial susceptibility results show that all strains were multidrug-resistant. MLST and PCR results revealed that, in this study, all of the KPC-2-producing strains are Sequence Type (ST) 11 (ST11) (n = 22) and all of the NDM-1-producing strains are ST20 (n = 4) or ST888 (n = 1). The environmental strains were identified as KPC-2-positive K. pneumoniae ST11 (n = 3) and NDM-1-positive K. pneumoniae ST20 (n = 2). The percentages of isolates with the extended-spectrum-β-lactamases CTX-M-15, blaCTX-M-14, blaTEM-1 were 9.4, 84.3, and 68.8 %, respectively. AmpC β-lactamase genes were not detected in our isolates. Conclusions KPC-2-positive K. pneumoniae ST11 and NDM-1-positive K. pneumoniae ST20 were associated with this outbreak. The identification of these isolates in samples from radiant warmers and nurses suggests that hospital cross-transmission played a role in this outbreak. Active infection control measures were effective for controlling this multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae outbreak. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12879-016-1870-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jing Yu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Infection Control, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road 1095#, Wuhan, 430000, China.
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Leitner E, Hoenigl M, Wagner B, Krause R, Feierl G, Grisold AJ. Performance of the FilmArray Blood culture identification panel in positive blood culture bottles and cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of sepsis and meningitis. GMS INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2016; 4:Doc06. [PMID: 30671320 PMCID: PMC6301725 DOI: 10.3205/id000024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Sepsis and meningitis are life threatening medical conditions. Culture-based methods are used for identification of the causative pathogens, but they can be improved by implementation of additional test systems. We evaluated the performance of the novel FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID; Biofire Diagnostics) panel for rapid and accurate identification of microorganisms in positive blood cultures and additionally, in this cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pilot study for direct testing of CSF. A total of 107 positive blood cultures and 20 CSF samples (positive and negative) were investigated and compared to the routine procedures. Of the 107 positive blood cultures, 90.7% (97/107) showed monomicrobial growth and 9.3% (10/107) polymicrobial growth. The FilmArray BCID panel covered 89.3% (25/28) of the bacteria and 100% (2/2) of the yeasts found in this study and accurately identified all of them. From the 20 retrospective analyzed CSF, in 9 positive specimens 6 different bacterial species were identified. Discrepant identification results were found in 25% (5/20) and a low sensitivity of 50% (95% CI of 15.7% to 84.3%) was detected. Our study confirms the FilmArray BCID panel as a rapid, easy to handle PCR system with a good performance in positive blood cultures without Gram-staining result. However, our results additionally suggest that the system is not useful for direct CSF testing due to poor sensitivity.
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- Eva Leitner
- Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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Acetic acid as a decontamination method for sink drains in a nosocomial outbreak of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Hosp Infect 2016; 94:13-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Carbapenemase-bearing Klebsiella spp. in sink drains: investigation into the potential advantage of copper pipes. J Hosp Infect 2016; 93:152-4. [PMID: 27112043 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sink drains have long been known to harbour pathogenic bacteria and efforts such as heated sink traps have been made to control them. Sink outlet pipes have been implicated in outbreaks of infection by multi-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. To investigate whether a change to copper pipes might prevent cross-infection, sections of standard sink outlet pipe were left in containers of water to which multi-resistant human strains of K. pneumoniae had been added. Bacterial counts from the water of containers to which copper pipe had been added were lower than those from containers to which PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pipe had been added.
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Kanamori H, Weber DJ, Rutala WA. Healthcare Outbreaks Associated With a Water Reservoir and Infection Prevention Strategies. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 62:1423-35. [DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Albiger B, Glasner C, Struelens MJ, Grundmann H, Monnet DL. Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Europe: assessment by national experts from 38 countries, May 2015. Euro Surveill 2015; 20:30062. [DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2015.20.45.30062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In 2012, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) launched the ‘European survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE)’ project to gain insights into the occurrence and epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE), to increase the awareness of the spread of CPE, and to build and enhance the laboratory capacity for diagnosis and surveillance of CPE in Europe. Data collected through a post-EuSCAPE feedback questionnaire in May 2015 documented improvement compared with 2013 in capacity and ability to detect CPE and identify the different carbapenemases genes in the 38 participating countries, thus contributing to their awareness of and knowledge about the spread of CPE. Over the last two years, the epidemiological situation of CPE worsened, in particular with the rapid spread of carbapenem-hydrolysing oxacillinase-48 (OXA-48)- and New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)-producing Enterobacteriaceae. In 2015, 13/38 countries reported inter-regional spread of or an endemic situation for CPE, compared with 6/38 in 2013. Only three countries replied that they had not identified one single case of CPE. The ongoing spread of CPE represents an increasing threat to patient safety in European hospitals, and a majority of countries reacted by establishing national CPE surveillances systems and issuing guidance on control measures for health professionals. However, 14 countries still lacked specific national guidelines for prevention and control of CPE in mid-2015.
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- Barbara Albiger
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Current affiliation: The Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance (cGPS), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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Effect of Meropenem Concentration on the Detection of Low Numbers of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 60:712-3. [PMID: 26552977 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01904-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Characterization of Piperacillin/Tazobactam-Resistant Klebsiella oxytoca Recovered from a Nosocomial Outbreak. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142366. [PMID: 26539828 PMCID: PMC4634934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We characterized 12 clinical isolates of Klebsiella oxytoca with the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) phenotype (high minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] values of ceftriaxone) recovered over 9 months at a university hospital in Japan. To determine the clonality of the isolates, we used pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), and PCR analyses to detect blaRBI, which encodes the β-lactamase RbiA, OXY-2-4 with overproduce-type promoter. Moreover, we performed the isoelectric focusing (IEF) of β-lactamases, and the determination of the MICs of β-lactams including piperacillin/tazobactam for 12 clinical isolates and E. coli HB101 with pKOB23, which contains blaRBI, by the agar dilution method. Finally, we performed the initial screening and phenotypic confirmatory tests for ESBLs. Each of the 12 clinical isolates had an identical PFGE pulsotype and MLST sequence type (ST9). All 12 clinical isolates harbored identical blaRBI. The IEF revealed that the clinical isolate produced only one β-lactamase. E. coli HB101 (pKOB23) and all 12 isolates demonstrated equally resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam (MICs, >128 μg/ml). The phenotypic confirmatory test after the initial screening test for ESBLs can discriminate β-lactamase RbiA-producing K. oxytoca from β-lactamase CTX-M-producing K. oxytoca. Twelve clinical isolates of K. oxytoca, which were recovered from an outbreak at one university hospital, had identical genotypes and produced β-lactamase RbiA that conferred resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam. In order to detect K. oxytoca isolates that produce RbiA to promote research concerning β-lactamase RbiA-producing K. oxytoca, the phenotypic confirmatory test after the initial screening test for ESBLs would be useful.
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Till H, Castellani C, Moissl-Eichinger C, Gorkiewicz G, Singer G. Disruptions of the intestinal microbiome in necrotizing enterocolitis, short bowel syndrome, and Hirschsprung's associated enterocolitis. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1154. [PMID: 26528281 PMCID: PMC4607865 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Next generation sequencing techniques are currently revealing novel insight into the microbiome of the human gut. This new area of research seems especially relevant for neonatal diseases, because the development of the intestinal microbiome already starts in the perinatal period and preterm infants with a still immature gut associated immune system may be harmed by a dysproportional microbial colonization. For most gastrointestinal diseases requiring pediatric surgery there is very limited information about the role of the intestinal microbiome. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge and outline future perspectives for important pathologies like necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) of the newborn, short bowel syndrome (SBS), and Hirschsprung’s disease associated enterocolitis (HAEC). Only studies applying next generation sequencing techniques to analyze the diversity of the intestinal microbiome were included. In NEC patients intestinal dysbiosis could already be detected prior to any clinical evidence of the disease resulting in a reduction of the bacterial diversity. In SBS patients the diversity seems to be reduced compared to controls. In children with Hirschsprung’s disease the intestinal microbiome differs between those with and without episodes of enterocolitis. One common finding for all three diseases seems to be an overabundance of Proteobacteria. However, most human studies are based on fecal samples and experimental data question whether fecal samples actually represent the microbiome at the site of the diseased bowel and whether the luminal (transient) microbiome compares to the mucosal (resident) microbiome. In conclusion current studies already allow a preliminary understanding of the potential role of the intestinal microbiome in pediatric surgical diseases. Future investigations could clarify the interface between the intestinal epithelium, its immunological competence and mucosal microbiome. Advances in this field may have an impact on the understanding and non-operative treatment of such diseases in infancy.
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- Holger Till
- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria
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- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria
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- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria
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