Antiicrobial resistant bacteria among health care workers in intentsive care units at Ain Shams university hospitals
Joint Authors
Abd al-Rahman, Amani Th.
Hafiz, Shirin Fawzi
Abd al-Hakam, Sarah M.
Ali al-Din, Zaynab A.
Ismat, Ibrahim M. E. Abd al-Hamid
al-Sayyid, Marwah S.
Abu al-Futuh, Aisha
Source
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Issue
Vol. 40, Issue 1 (30 Apr. 2010), pp.71-83, 13 p.
Publisher
The Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Publication Date
2010-04-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Fifty HCWs in ICUs of Internal medicine, Chest, Neonatology and Burn were included in prospective cohort study.
Collection of nasal, hand and rectal swabs, proper biochemical identification, culture media and antibiotic sensitivity tests were used to detect Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA); vancomycin-resistant Enterococci(VRE) & extended spectrum 0-lactamase producing gram-ve bacilli(ESBLs).
S.
aureus was isolated from 34% of HCWs; 28% were nasal carriers, 4% were hand carriers and 2% had S.
aureus at both sites.
Nasal and hand carriage rates of MRSA were 20% & 4% respectively, with an overall rate of 22%.
Gram -ve bacilli were isolated from 8% of HCWs hand swabs & showed Citrobacter koseri, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Hand carriage rate of ESBLs was 2%.
Hand contamination with gram -ve bacilli and S.
aureus was in 14% of HCWs.
VRE carriage rate was 9.5%.
ESBLs carriage rate in rectal swabs was 21.43%.
K.
pneumoniae was the most common ESBLs producing isolate(33.3%), followed by E.
coli(18.75%).
In combined disc method, az-treonam was the most sensitive(90%) in detecting ESBLs.
Burn ICU had highest % of MRSA & ESBLs carriage.
Neonatal ICU showed highest % of VRE carriage.
An insignificant association was between infection control training or antimicrobial intake and carriage of antimicrobial resistant bacteria.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Rahman, Amani Th.& Hafiz, Shirin Fawzi& Abd al-Hakam, Sarah M.& Ali al-Din, Zaynab A.& Ismat, Ibrahim M. E. Abd al-Hamid& al-Sayyid, Marwah S.…[et al.]. 2010. Antiicrobial resistant bacteria among health care workers in intentsive care units at Ain Shams university hospitals. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology،Vol. 40, no. 1, pp.71-83.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Rahman, Amani Th.…[et al.]. Antiicrobial resistant bacteria among health care workers in intentsive care units at Ain Shams university hospitals. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 40, no. 1 (Apr. 2010), pp.71-83.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Rahman, Amani Th.& Hafiz, Shirin Fawzi& Abd al-Hakam, Sarah M.& Ali al-Din, Zaynab A.& Ismat, Ibrahim M. E. Abd al-Hamid& al-Sayyid, Marwah S.…[et al.]. Antiicrobial resistant bacteria among health care workers in intentsive care units at Ain Shams university hospitals. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2010. Vol. 40, no. 1, pp.71-83.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-102868
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 80-83
Record ID
BIM-102868