STOOL COLONIZATION OF HEALTH-CARE WORKERS WITH SELECTED RESISTANT-BACTERIA

Authors
CARMELI Y VENKATARAMAN L DEGIROLAMI PC LICHTENBERG DA KARCHMER AW SAMORE MH
Citation
Y. Carmeli et al., STOOL COLONIZATION OF HEALTH-CARE WORKERS WITH SELECTED RESISTANT-BACTERIA, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 19(1), 1998, pp. 38-40
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
38 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1998)19:1<38:SCOHWW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We examined the carriage of selected resistant bacteria in the stools of healthcare workers who provided direct patient care. Neither vancom ycin-resistant enterococci, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureu s, nor Clostridium difficile was recovered from the 55 stool specimens collected. A ceftazidime-resistant Citrobacter freundii was isolated from one specimen. We conclude that the stool of healthcare workers is colonized infrequently with these resistant organisms.