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Colonization of long term care facility patients with MDR-Gram-negatives during an Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak

Overview of attention for article published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, May 2017
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Title
Colonization of long term care facility patients with MDR-Gram-negatives during an Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak
Published in
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13756-017-0209-9
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Ines Zollner-Schwetz, Elisabeth Zechner, Elisabeth Ullrich, Josefa Luxner, Christian Pux, Gerald Pichler, Walter Schippinger, Robert Krause, Eva Leitner

Abstract

We aimed to determine the prevalence of colonization by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria including ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae, carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii at two wards caring long term for patients with disorder of consciousness at the Geriatric Health Centers Graz, Austria. During our study we detected two A. baumannii outbreaks. In August 2015, we conducted a point-prevalence study. Inguinal and perianal swabs were taken from 38 patients and screened for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative rods using standard procedures. Six months after the initial investigation all patients were sampled again and use of antibiotics during the past 6 months and mortality was registered. Genetic relatedness of bacteria was evaluated by DiversiLab system. Fifty percent of patients were colonized by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative isolates. Five patients harboured ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae. No carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae were detected. 13/38 patients were colonized by A. baumannii isolates (resistant to ciprofloxacin but susceptible to carbapenems). There was a significant difference in the prevalence of colonization by A. baumannii between ward 2 and ward 1 (60% vs. 5.6%, p < 0.001). Two clusters of A. baumannii isolates were identified including one isolate detected on a chair in a patient's room. We detected a high prevalence of two multidrug-resistant A. baumannii strains in patients with disorder of consciousness at a LTCF in Graz, Austria. Our findings strongly suggest nosocomial cross-transmission between patients. An active surveillance strategy is warranted to avoid missing newly emerging pathogens.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Malaysia 1 3%
Unknown 32 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 5 15%
Student > Master 4 12%
Other 3 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 9%
Student > Postgraduate 2 6%
Other 4 12%
Unknown 12 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 5 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Other 5 15%
Unknown 13 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 May 2017.
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#2,589,785
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#330
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#12
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