• Pathologie-biologie · Dec 2006

    [Nosocomial respiratory infection due to an imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa O: 12 strain in a Tunis's neonatal intensive care unit].

    • W Achour, M-S Abbassi, A Cherif, S Jabnoun, N Khrouf, and A Ben Hassen.
    • Service des laboratoires, centre national de greffe de moelle osseuse, rue Djebel-Lakdhar, Bab-Saadoun, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
    • Pathol. Biol. 2006 Dec 1;54(10):596-9.

    ObjectiveInvestigation of an outbreak caused by an imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain and research of its hospital reservoir.Patients And MethodsNine strains isolated from protected tracheal specimens during 14 weeks (October 2004 to January 2005) from 8 infants, and one strain from vacuum interrupter were studied. Epidemiological study was investigated by determination of antibiotics susceptibility, serotyping and Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).ResultsStrains were of O:12 serotype, they have the same antibiotype characterised by imipenem resistance. Strains were indistinguishable or closely related as determined by PFGE. The common source of P. aeruginosa O:12 strains was not determined, however eradication of the epidemic strain was obtained by amelioration of hygiene conditions and the change of disinfectors.ConclusionOutbreak of respiratory infections due to an imipenem-resistant P. aeruginosa O:12. The common source of the epidemic strain was not determined.

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