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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Investigation of Burkholderia cepacia nosocomial outbreak with high fatality in patients suffering from diseases other than cystic fibrosis
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 36, No. 3, Year 2004
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Over a 1-y period, 26 inpatients at the Jordan University Hospital in Amman were detected with bacteraemia (23 cases) or respiratory tract colonized with B. cepacia (3 cases). A combination of genetic identification and molecular typing has proved that all cases were caused by a single epidemic strain of B. cepacia genomovar IIIa. Nosocomial infecfions could be documented in 21/26 (81%) patients, mostly with severe underlying or malignant diseases other than cystic fibrosis, but the source of infection was undetected. The overall mortality related to infection with B. cepacia was 42%. All B. cepacia isolates were resistant to ampicillin, amikacin, carbenicillin and gentamicin; and mostly susceptible to piperacillin, chloramphenicol, cotri-moxazole, tetracycline, ceftazidime, and tazocin (62-88%). This study demonstrates the nosocomial and high fatality of B. cepacia genomovar IIIa in Jordanian patients suffering from diseases other than cystic fibrosis. © 2004 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shehabi, Asem Ata
Jordan, Amman
Jordan University Hospital
Abu Al-soud, Waleed Abu
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Mahafzah, Azmi M.
Jordan, Amman
Jordan University Hospital
Khuri-Bulos, Najwa A.
Jordan, Amman
Jordan University Hospital
Khader, Ilham Abu
Jordan, Amman
Jordan University Hospital
Ouis, Ibn Sina
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Wadström, Torkel M.
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Statistics
Citations: 29
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 2
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Doi:
10.1080/00365540410027166
ISSN:
00365548
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics
Health System And Policy