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An Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surgical-Site Infections Initiated by a Healthcare Worker With Chronic Sinusitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Frederic Faibis ,
Cedric Laporte ,
Alain Fiacre ,
Chantal Delisse ,
Gerard Lina ,
Marie-Claude Demachy  and
Françoise Botterel
Frederic Faibis*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, Meaux, France
Cedric Laporte
Affiliation:
Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Hôpital de Meaux, Meaux, France
Alain Fiacre
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, Meaux, France
Chantal Delisse
Affiliation:
Unité d'Hygiène et de Lutte Contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Hôpital de Meaux, Meaux, France
Gerard Lina
Affiliation:
Centre National de Référence des Toxémes à Staphylocoques, Faculté de Médecine, Lyon, France
Marie-Claude Demachy
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital de Meaux, Meaux, France
Françoise Botterel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
*
Centre Hospitalier de Meaux, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, 6-8, rue Saint Fiacre, 77104 Meaux, France.f-faibis@ch-meaux.fr
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Abstract

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.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , February 2005 , pp. 213 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2005

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