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Survival of Cephalosporin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae on Fingers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Anuradha Gunale ,
Heike von Baum  and
Constanze Wendt
Anuradha Gunale
Affiliation:
University Institute of Hygiene, Heidelberg, Germany
Heike von Baum
Affiliation:
University Institute of Hygiene, Heidelberg, Germany Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Constanze Wendt*
Affiliation:
University Institute of Hygiene, Heidelberg, Germany
*
University Institute of Hygiene, INF 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, (constanze_wendt@med.uniheidelberg.de)
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Abstract

Five strains of Enterobacter species (n = 4) and Pantoea species (n = 1) resistant to third-generation cephalosporins and isolated from clusters of 3-25 premature infants and small children and 5 strains (4 Enterobacter strains and 1 Pantoea strain) with the same resistance pattern that were isolated from 1 premature infant or small child each were inoculated on the fingertips of 10 volunteer study participants to test whether survival on fingertips is correlated with horizontal transmission. Although there was no significant difference in survival between the groups of transmitted and sporadic strains, there were significant differences in bacterial survival between the participants.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 9 , September 2006 , pp. 974 - 977
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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