title: Multidrug-resistant organisms detected in refugee patients admitted to a University Hospital, Germany June‒December 2015.
abstract: Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR GNB) were found to colonise 60.8% (95% confidence interval: 52.3-68.9) of 143 refugee patients mainly from Syria (47), Afghanistan (29), and Somalia (14) admitted to the University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany, between June and December 2015. This percentage exceeds the prevalence of MDR GNB in resident patients four-fold. Healthcare personnel should be aware of this and the need to implement or adapt adequate infection control measures.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reinheimer
authors.forename: Volkhard A J
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Kempf
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Göttig
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hogardt
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Wichelhaus
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan / Q000208:ethnology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012036:Refugees / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D013593:Syria / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; Enterobacteriaceae; MRSA in humans; carbapenemases; extended spectrum beta lactamase; health care system; infection control