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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Role of contaminated aspiration tubes in nosocomial outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing SHV-2 and CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum β-lactamases
Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 72, No. 1, Year 2009
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Description
Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to ceftazidime was isolated from ten neonates hospitalised between February and March 2006 in two Antananarivo hospitals, Madagascar. The main environmental source, for one hospital in particular, was the liquid used to rinse aspiration tubes in the paediatric wards. The risk of contamination from aspiration tubes is very high in the hospitals of Antananarivo since tap water used to rinse the tubes is not regularly changed. Phenotypical (biotyping and antibiotyping) and genotypical (pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) analysis of all the clinical isolates indicated that nine cases were due to a single clone. This clone carried the genes encoding SHV-2 and CTX-M-15 β-lactamases. This is the first description of an epidemic due to an ESBL-producing member of the family Enterobacteriaceae in Malagasy hospitals. © 2009 The Hospital Infection Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Randrianirina, Frédérique
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Védy, Serge
France, Marseille
Hia Laveran a Marseille
Rakotovao, D. N.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Cenhosoa
Ramarokoto, Charles Emile
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Ratsitohaina, H.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Hôpital Femme-mère-enfant
Carod, Jean François
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Ratsima, Elisoa Hariniaina
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Morillon, Marc
France, Marseille
Hia Laveran a Marseille
Talarmin, Antoine
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Statistics
Citations: 43
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jhin.2009.02.004
ISSN:
01956701
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Madagascar