Hospital-wide outbreak of Burkholderia contaminans caused by prefabricated moist washcloths

Martín, María; Christiansen, Bärbel; Caspari, G.; Hogardt, Michael; Thomsen, AK; E, Ott; Mattner, Frauke

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2010.10.004

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“…After that date, Vanlaere and co-workers re-examined the taxonomic position and structure of taxon K (also known as group K), and proposed two novel species, Burkholderia contaminans and Burkholderia lata (Vanlaere et al, 2009). The group of previously unclassified Bcc isolates of taxon K (Vermis et al, 2002;Baldwin et al, 2005;Dalmastri et al, 2005Dalmastri et al, , 2007Payne et al, 2005;Mahenthiralingam et al, 2006) includes bacteria isolated worldwide from human and environmental sources, namely from sputum cultures of CF patients in the UK, Italy, Portugal, USA, Canada, China, Brazil, Argentina and Australia (Cunha et al, 2003(Cunha et al, , 2007Campana et al, 2005;Assaad et al, 2006;Mahenthiralingam et al, 2006;Jordá-Vargas et al, 2008;Fang et al, 2010;Martina et al, 2013;Ramsay et al, 2013), as well as from river water, human-built water reservoirs, soil, roots, animals, pharmaceutical products, such as contaminated nasal spray, personal care products and domestic products (Souza et al, 2004;Mahenthiralingam et al, 2006Mahenthiralingam et al, , 2008Martin et al, 2011). B. contaminans has a low prevalence in CF patients worldwide, with remarkable exceptions in Argentina and in Spain (Martina et al, 2013).…”

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Incidence of Burkholderia contaminans at a cystic fibrosis centre with an unusually high representation of Burkholderia cepacia during 15 years of epidemiological surveillance

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Pereira

et al. 2015

Journal of Medical Microbiology

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Incidence of Burkholderia contaminans at a cystic fibrosis centre with an unusually high representation of Burkholderia cepacia during 15 years of epidemiological surveillance

Coutinho

Barreto

Pereira

et al. 2015

Journal of Medical Microbiology

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“…Also, other studies indicated that contaminated quanternary ammonium compound used for the disinfection of the rubber stoppers of blood culture bottles caused pseudooutbreak of BCC (Weber, 2007). This studies showed that the sources of BCC contamination can vary from medical instruments and disinfectants to alcohol-free mouthwash and body milk (Martin, 2011).…”

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Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex associated with contaminated liquid soap for hospital use: A case study

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Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.

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Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) is gram negative bacteria which causes different types of human infections including catheter-associated infections and respiratory tract infections especially in immunocompromised patients. This study was conducted to decide the source, to prevent the possible hospital outbreak of BCC and to determine the epidemiological source. Eleven cartridge of liquid soaps were purchased by Near East University Hospital, Nicosia. Liquid soaps were cultured on 5% sheep blood agar and Eosine Methilene Blue Agar at 35°C in 24 h. Colonies which suspected were confirmed by Phoenix 100. Patient blood was cultured in BD Bactec Plus Aerobic culture bottles. BCC strains and patient blood sample were identified by using two different polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods. The liquid soaps were contaminated with BCC. A few days later, in the blood culture of the 35-year-old Turkish Cyptiot male patient, BCC was identified. The molecular results indicated that the BCC strain isolated from the patient blood culture was identical with the strain isolated from the liquid soaps. The molecular epidemiological studies showed that the patient blood culture strain and the liquid soap strain was in the same cluster. It was suggested that the liquid soaps should always be analyzed and then distributed to the hospital departments.

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“…For all other BCC species, no strong causal association has so far been established between the presence of such species in pulmonary secretions and the health decline in CF patients. As far as non-CF patients are concerned, BCC detection is uncommon and the relevance for these patients is unclear, although recently a major outbreak of B. contaminans was reported in a non-CF clinical setting, affecting more than sixty patients [14].…”

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Pathogenicity and biotechnological applications of the genus Burkholderia

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Bacteria belonging to the genus Burkholderia are well known for their adaptability to habitats as diverse as freshwater sediments, lungs of cystic fibrosis patients and plant tissues. This genus includes also plant, animal and human pathogenic species, such as Burkholderia glumae, Burkholderia pseudomallei and the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Over the past few years, several newly discovered non-pathogenic plant associated Burkholderia species have raised particular interest for their potential use in plant growth promotion, biocontrol of plant pathogens, phytoremediation and xenobiotics degradation. Highlights from recent studies on the taxonomy, ecology and pathogenicity of different species of the Burkholderia genus are presented with the aim to evaluate their potential use in biotechnology.

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Hospital-wide outbreak of Burkholderia contaminans caused by prefabricated moist washcloths

Cited by 51 publications

References 21 publications

Incidence of Burkholderia contaminans at a cystic fibrosis centre with an unusually high representation of Burkholderia cepacia during 15 years of epidemiological surveillance

Incidence of Burkholderia contaminans at a cystic fibrosis centre with an unusually high representation of Burkholderia cepacia during 15 years of epidemiological surveillance

Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex associated with contaminated liquid soap for hospital use: A case study

Pathogenicity and biotechnological applications of the genus Burkholderia

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