Clinical culture surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species in a teaching hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil: a 7-year study.
Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species are worrisome nosocomial pathogens. After introduction of a preventive program involving clinical surveillance culture to reduce the spread of those pathogens, we observed an 80% decrease in the percentage of cultures that yielded carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates. The percentage of cultures that yielded carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa remained relatively stable during the intervention.
Furtado
Guilherme Henrique Campos
GH
Infection Control Committee, Division of Infectious Diseases, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. ghfurtado@uol.com.br
Martins
Sinaida Teixeira
ST
Machado
Antônia Maria Oliveira
AM
Wey
Sérgio Barsanti
SB
Medeiros
Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo
EA
D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003470:Culture Media; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000382:microbiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015780:Carbapenems; D003470:Culture Media