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Long-lasting nosocomial persistence of chlorhexidine-resistant Serratia marcescens in a veterinary hospital
- Source :
- Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology, Elsevier, 2020, 245, pp.108686-. ⟨10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108686⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are often overlooked in veterinary medicine. Serratia marcescens isolates were recovered over a ten-year period from companion animals in a French veterinary hospital. The pets were sampled either for diagnostic purposes or to monitor colonization. A retrospective study showed that 32 S. marcescens isolates were identified as HAI cases and a further 22 cases were associated with colonization of the surgical site. Two S. marcescens lineages were responsible for two different outbreaks during the study period. Chlorhexidine solution (1%) used to impregnate gauze was found to be the source of the second S. marcescens outbreak and all isolates had high MIC values for chlorhexidine (MIC = 128 mg/L). This study reports, for the first time to our knowledge, the nosocomial spread of chlorhexidine-resistant S. marcescens in a veterinary setting and highlights consequences of the improper use of disinfectants.
- Subjects :
- Long lasting
Veterinary medicine
040301 veterinary sciences
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Cat Diseases
Microbiology
Persistence (computer science)
Disease Outbreaks
Serratia Infections
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
Hospitals, Animal
Dogs
Surgical site
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
medicine
Animals
Colonization
Dog Diseases
Serratia marcescens
Retrospective Studies
0303 health sciences
Cross Infection
General Veterinary
biology
030306 microbiology
Chlorhexidine
Outbreak
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
3. Good health
Mic values
Cats
France
medicine.drug
Disinfectants
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18732542 and 03781135
- Volume :
- 245
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Veterinary microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2c3862ae5714f1916faeaa33059540b9