Nosokomielle infektioner med penicillinresistent Streptococcus pneumoniae: Fire ophobninger med pneumokokker serotype 9V

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 163, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2362-2365

  Folkersen, Birgitte Holst ^b   Højbjerg, Tove ^b   Urth, Tinna R ^b   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035938540     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Konradsen HB. Streptococcus pneumoniae. EPI-NYT; uge 18, 1998.
2. Kristinsson KG. Penicillinresistenta pneumokockers epidemiologi. Nord Med 1996; 111: 103-8.
3. Friedland IR, McCracken GH. Management of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. N Engl J Med 1994; 331: 377-82.
4. Paradisi F, Corti G. Is Streptococcus pneumoniae a nosocomially acquired pathogen? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998; 19: 578-80.
5. Generelle smitteforebyggende forholdsregler og forholdsregler ved isola;tion og pleje af patienter med smitsomme sygdomme. Hygiejneudvalget, Nordjyllands Amt, Nr. 3.40, 1999.
6. Schønheyder HC. Klinisk mikrobiologisk undersogelse af ekspektorater og aspirater fra larynx eller trachea. Ugeskr Læger 1994; 156: 5703-7.
7. Garner JS, Jarvis WR, Emori TG, Horan TC, Hughes JM. CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988. Am J Infect Control 1988; 16: 128-40.
8. Berk SL, Gallemore GM, Smith JK. Nosocomial pneumococeal pneumonia in the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc 1981; 29: 319-21.
9. Jacobs MR, Koornhof HJ, Robins-Browne RM, Stevenson CM, Vermaak ZA, Freiman I et al. Emergence of multiply resistant pneumococci. N Engl J Med 1978; 299: 735-40.
10. Moore EP, Williams EW. Hospital transmission of multiply antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Infect 1988; 16: 199-200.
11. Cartmill TD, Panigrahi H. Hospital outbreak of multiresistant Streptococ;cus pneumoniae. J Hosp Infect 1991;17: 317-9.
12. Dawson S, Pallett A, Davidson A, Tuck A. Outbreak of multiresistant pneumococci. J Hosp Infect 1992; 22: 328-9.
13. McCann D. Outbreak of infection with penicillinresistant pneumococci. J Hosp Infect 1996; 33: 304-7.
14. Mc Neeley DF, Lyonsk J, Conte S, Labowitz A, Layton M. A cluster of drugresistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among nursing home patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998; 19: 476-7.
15. Little JR, Miller J, Kahn MG. Nosocomial penicillin-resistant pneumococcal infections at a Midwestern University Hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998; 19: 782-4.
16. Mehtar S, Drabu YJ. Vijeratnam S, Mayer E Cross infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae through a resuscitaire. BMJ 1986; 292: 25-6.
17. Nielsen SV, Henrichsen J. Capsular types and susceptibility to penicillin of pneumococci isolated from cerebrospinal fluid or blood in Denmark, 1983-88. Scand J Infect Dis 1993; 25: 165-70.
18. Nielsen SV, Henrichsen J. Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease and distribution of capsular types of pneumococci in Denmark. 1989-94. Epidemiol Infect 1996; 117: 411-6.
19. Rubins JB, Cheung SP, Carson P, Rubins HB, Janoff EN. Identification of clinical risk factors for nosocomial pneumococcal bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 1999; 29: 178-83.