Colonization with Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria – On the Efficiency of Local Decolonization Procedures

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Abstract

The effectiveness of a disinfectant-based decolonization strategy for multidrug-resistant bacteria like extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-positive Gram-negative bacteria with or without additional fluoroquinolon and carbapenem resistance as well as vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was assessed.

Between 2011 and 2015, 25 patients from Libya, Syria, and the Ukraine with war traumata were treated at the Bundeswehr hospital Hamburg. The patients were heavily colonized and infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria, altogether comprising 371 distinct combinations of pathogens and isolation sites. Local disinfection was assessed for effectiveness regarding successful decolonization of multidrug-resistant bacteria.

Altogether, 170 cases of successful decolonization were observed, comprising 95 (55.8%) such events at sampling sites that were accessible to disinfecting procedures. The remaining 75 (44.2%) decolonization events had to be considered as spontaneous. In contrast, 95 out of 172 (55.2%) colonized isolation sites that were accessible to disinfection procedures were successfully decolonized. Patient compliance with the enforced hygiene procedures was associated with decolonization success. Systemic antibiotic therapy did not relevantly affect isolation time.

Disinfecting washing moderately supports local decolonization of multidrug-resistant pathogens in comparison with spontaneous decolonization rates if the patients’ compliance with the applied hygiene procedures is ensured.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp)

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp)

Journal ID (publisher-id): EUJMI

Title: European Journal of Microbiology & Immunology

Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó (Budapest )

ISSN (Print): 2062-509X

ISSN (Electronic): 2062-8633

Publication date (Electronic): 31 May 2017

Publication date Collection: June 2017

Volume: 7

Issue: 2

Pages: 99-111

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Internal Medicine, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany

[2 ] Department of Preventive Medicine, Bundeswehr Medical Academy , Munich, Germany

[3 ]Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service Kiel , Department Berlin, Berlin, Germany

[4 ] Department of Hygiene, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany

[5 ] Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany

[6 ] Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany

[7 ] Infectious Disease Epidemology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany

[8 ] Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock , Rostock, Germany

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* Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Bernhard Nocht street 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany; 0049-40-6947-28700; 0049-40-6947-28709; Frickmann@ 123456bni-hamburg.de

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DOI: 10.1556/1886.2017.00008

PMC ID: 5495082

SO-VID: f9f52fad-0126-4bf0-a8b6-105f4dbef454

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Date received : 09 April 2017

Date accepted : 27 April 2017

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