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Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source
Hospital-acquired infections have been a wide-ranging concern in the medical field, as it increases mortality and incurs longer hospital stays and higher medical costs. Infection control practices and antimicrobial stewardship are thought to be emergent measures to curtail hospital-acquired infectio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9492743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36213706 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24308 |
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author | Rajachandran, Karthikkeyan Varghese, Giphy Susan Kumar, J Vinoth Mathew, Kukku Tresa |
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description | Hospital-acquired infections have been a wide-ranging concern in the medical field, as it increases mortality and incurs longer hospital stays and higher medical costs. Infection control practices and antimicrobial stewardship are thought to be emergent measures to curtail hospital-acquired infections, but adherence to such standard practices has been a concern globally, ultimately leading to poor clinical outcomes. Organisms isolated from rare sources have been reported to cause pathogenic infections in humans. Instances such as contamination of intravenous fluids and parenteral medications with gram-negative bacteria and fungus have been reported in the past. We present here, a rare outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia from an unthought source among four critically ill patients. The epidemiological investigations confirmed the source of contagion to be fentanyl ampoules. The immediate action of disusing the batch of fentanyl ampoules was taken. Timely action and isolation precautions prevented a major outbreak within the intensive care unit (ICU). HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Rajachandran K, Varghese GS, Kumar JV, Mathew KT. Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(9):1042–1044. |
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spelling | pubmed-94927432022-10-07 Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source Rajachandran, Karthikkeyan Varghese, Giphy Susan Kumar, J Vinoth Mathew, Kukku Tresa Indian J Crit Care Med Case Series Hospital-acquired infections have been a wide-ranging concern in the medical field, as it increases mortality and incurs longer hospital stays and higher medical costs. Infection control practices and antimicrobial stewardship are thought to be emergent measures to curtail hospital-acquired infections, but adherence to such standard practices has been a concern globally, ultimately leading to poor clinical outcomes. Organisms isolated from rare sources have been reported to cause pathogenic infections in humans. Instances such as contamination of intravenous fluids and parenteral medications with gram-negative bacteria and fungus have been reported in the past. We present here, a rare outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia from an unthought source among four critically ill patients. The epidemiological investigations confirmed the source of contagion to be fentanyl ampoules. The immediate action of disusing the batch of fentanyl ampoules was taken. Timely action and isolation precautions prevented a major outbreak within the intensive care unit (ICU). HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Rajachandran K, Varghese GS, Kumar JV, Mathew KT. Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(9):1042–1044. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2022-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9492743/ /pubmed/36213706 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24308 Text en Copyright © 2022; The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/© The Author(s). 2022 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and non-commercial reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Case Series Rajachandran, Karthikkeyan Varghese, Giphy Susan Kumar, J Vinoth Mathew, Kukku Tresa Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source |
title | Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source |
title_full | Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source |
title_fullStr | Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source |
title_full_unstemmed | Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source |
title_short | Outbreak of Nosocomial Infection from an Unusual Source |
title_sort | outbreak of nosocomial infection from an unusual source |
topic | Case Series |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9492743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36213706 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24308 |
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