Post‒cataract surgery endophthalmitis outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

In June 2010, a severe outbreak of 13 cases of post–cataract surgery endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis in eye isolates found 95% genetic similarity; however, extensive environmental and carriage investigation revealed no so...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2012-02, Vol.40 (1), p.75-77
Main Authors: Maltezou, Helena C., MD, Pappa, Olga, MD, Nikolopoulos, Georgios, DDS, Ftika, Lemonia, MD, Maragos, Antonios, RN, Kaitsa, Helen, MD, Protonotariou, Efthimia, MD, Diza, Eudoxia, MD, Georgiadis, Nikolaos, MD, Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis, MD, Nicolaidis, Pavlos, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Cataract
Cataract Extraction - adverse effects
Cataracts
Cluster Analysis
Disease Outbreaks
Drug resistance
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Endophthalmitis - diagnosis
Endophthalmitis - epidemiology
Epidemic
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
Eye
Eye surgery
Eyes & eyesight
Female
General aspects
Gram-negative bacteria
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Lens diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing
Nosocomial
Ophthalmology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - classification
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - drug effects
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - genetics
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - isolation & purification
Pseudomonas Infections - diagnosis
Pseudomonas Infections - epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection - diagnosis
Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology
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Summary:In June 2010, a severe outbreak of 13 cases of post–cataract surgery endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis in eye isolates found 95% genetic similarity; however, extensive environmental and carriage investigation revealed no source of infection.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2011.02.007