Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia outbreaks among non-cystic fibrosis patients in the pediatric unit of a university hospital
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Date
2021
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Turkish J Pediatrics
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
Background. Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) comprises multi-drug resistant, Gram-negative, motile, and aerobic bacteria. Bcc causes severe nosocomial infections particularly in patients with intravascular catheters and in those with cystic fibrosis. We studied a Bcc outbreak in non-cystic fibrosis patients. Methods. We analyzed data from six patients hospitalized at our center. Blood cultures identified as infectious were incubated onto 5% blood sheep agar, chocolate agar, and eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar. We examined possible sites that could be sources of infection at the clinic. We confirmed isolations with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) tests. Results. The first patient was hospitalized due to left renal agenesis, urinary tract infection, and renal failure. Bcc was isolated in blood cultures obtained due to high fever on the third day of hospitalization. We stopped new patient hospitalizations after detecting Bcc in blood cultures of other five patients. We did not detect further positive specimens obtained from other clinic and the patient rooms. PFGE patterns were similar in all clinical isolates of Bcc indicating that the outbreak had originated from the source. Conclusions. Bcc infection should be considered in cases of nosocomial outbreaks of multi-drug resistant organisms that require hospitalization at intensive care units. Control measures should be taken for prevention of nosocomial infections and required investigations should be done to detect the source of infection.
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Burkholderia cepacia complex, child, outbreak, infection control, non-cystic fibrosis, Intensive-Care-Unit, Chlorhexidine
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Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
WoS Q Value
Q4
Scopus Q Value
Q3
Volume
63
Issue
2
