Aerial dispersal of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospital rooms by infected or colonised patients

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-262

  Gehanno, JF ^a   Louvel, A ^a   Nouvellon, M ^a   Caillard, J F ^a   Pestel Caron, M ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Air microbiology; Environmental monitoring; Infection control; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649126425     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Naimi T.S., LeDell K.H., Como-Sabetti K., et al. Comparison of community- and health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. J Am Med Assoc 290 (2003) 2976-2984
2. Kramer A., Schwebke I., and Kampf G. How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review. BMC Infect Dis 6 (2006) 130
3. Boyce J.M., Potter Bynoe G., Chenevert C., and King T. Environmental contamination due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: possible infection control implications. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 18 (1997) 622-627
4. Solberg C.O. Spread of Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: causes and prevention. Scand J Infect Dis 32 (2000) 587-595
5. Williams R.E.O. Epidemiology of airborne staphylococcal infection. Bacteriol Rev 30 (1996) 660-672
6. Lidwell O.M., Brock B., Shooter R.A., Cooke E.M., and Thomas G.E. Airborne infection in a full airconditioned hospital. IV. Airborne dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus and its nasal acquisition by patients. J Hyg 75 (1975) 445-474
7. Mortimer Jr. E.A., Wolinsky E., Gonzaga A.J., and Rammelkamp Jr. V.H. Role of airborne transmission in staphylococcal infections. Br Med J 1 (1966) 319-322
8. Bischoff W.E., Wallis M.L., Tucker B.K., et al. "Gesundheit!" sneezing, common colds, allergies, and Staphylococcus aureus dispersion. J Infect Dis 194 (2006) 1119-1126
9. Shiomori T., Miyamoto H., Makishima K., et al. Evaluation of bedmaking-related airborne and surface methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination. J Hosp Infect 50 (2002) 30-35
10. Andersen AA. New Sampler for the collection, sizing, and enumeration of viable airborne particles. J Bacteriol 1958;76:471-484.
11. Murchan S., Kaufmann M.E., Deplano A., et al. Harmonization of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocols for epidemiological typing of strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a single approach developed by consensus in 10 European laboratories and its application for tracing the spread of related strains. J Clin Microbiol 41 (2003) 1574-1585
12. Tenover F.C., Arbeit R.D., Goering R.V., et al. Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: criteria for bacterial strain typing. J Clin Microbiol 33 (1995) 2233-2239
13. Tenover F.C., Arbeit R., Archer G., et al. Comparison of traditional and molecular methods of typing isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 32 (1994) 407-415
14. Cookson B.D., Robinson D.A., Monk A.B., et al. Evaluation of molecular typing methods in characterizing a European collection of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: the HARMONY collection. J Clin Microbiol 45 (2007) 1830-1837
15. Cespedes C., Said-Salim B., Miller M., et al. The clonality of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage. J Infect Dis 191 (2005) 444-452
16. Lim M.S., Marshall C.L., and Spelman D. Carriage of multiple subtypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by intensive care unit patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27 (2006) 1063-1067
17. Bischoff W.E., Tucker B.K., Wallis M.L., et al. Preventing the airborne spread of Staphylococcus aureus by persons with the common cold: effect of surgical scrubs, gowns, and masks. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28 (2007) 1148-1154
18. Sexton T., Clarke P., O'Neill E., Dillane T., and Humphreys H. Environmental reservoirs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in isolation rooms: correlation with patient isolates and implications for hospital hygiene. J Hosp Infect 62 (2006) 187-194
19. Siegel J.D., Rhinehart E., Jackson M., Chiarello L., and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. 2007 guideline for isolation precautions: preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings (2007), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
20. Brankston G., Gitterman L., Hirji Z., Lemieux C., and Gardam M. Transmission of influenza A in human beings. Lancet Infect Dis 7 (2007) 257-265
21. Tellier R. Review of aerosol transmission of influenza A virus. Emerg Infect Dis 12 (2006) 1657-1662
22. Sheretz R.J., Reagan D.R., Hampton K.D., et al. A cloud adult: the Staphylococcus aureus-virus interaction revisited. Ann Intern Med 124 (1996) 539-547
23. Loveday H.P., Pellowe C.M., Jones S.R., and Pratt R.J. A systematic review of the evidence for interventions for the prevention and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (1996-2004): report to the Joint MRSA Working Party (Subgroup A). J Hosp Infect 63 (2006) S45-S70