Nosocomial infection due to Enterococci attributed to a fluidized microsphere bed. The value of pyrolysis mass spectrometry
1994; Elsevier BV; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0195-6701(94)90126-0
ISSN1532-2939
AutoresR. Freeman, F.K. Gould, D. W. Ryan, John A. Chamberlain, P.R. Sisson,
Tópico(s)Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
ResumoThe potential of fluidised microsphere beds as sources of nosocomial Enterococcal infection was investigated with the help of pyrolysis mass spectrometry. Isolates from clinical specimens collected from two patients who were nursed sequentially on a fluidized microsphere bed were compared with similar isolates cultured from the microspheres before and after decontamination. Pyrolysis mass spectrometry confirmed that nosocomial spread had indeed occurred and that the existing decontamination process was inadequate. Recommendations for improvements to this decontamination process appear to have prevented further cases.
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