An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical-site infections initiated by a healthcare worker with chronic sinusitis.
An investigation was performed following two methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical-site infections in a 946-bed French general hospital. The investigation revealed that the outbreak involved 7 patients in 2 surgical wards and that infections were probably contracted in the operating theater from a healthcare worker suffering from chronic sinusitis.
Faibis
Frederic
F
Center Hospitalier de Meaux, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Meaux, France. f-faibis@ch-meaux.fr
Laporte
Cedric
C
Fiacre
Alain
A
Delisse
Chantal
C
Lina
Gerard
G
Demachy
Marie-Claude
MC
Botterel
Françoise
F
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*