Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the intensive care neonatal and pediatric unit of Santo António

• Autor(a) principal: Aires, E.
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Fernandes, A., Vasconcelos, C.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• DOI: 10.34632/cadernosdesaude.2010.3022
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/cadernosdesaude.2010.3022

Infections associated with health care represent a significant economic and social burden and it is imperative to remove the reservoir and sources, block the routes of transmission and protect susceptible hosts. Identify the source, monitor evolution and implement a cohort of patients and professionals that treat them is the most effective way to control an outbreak. It were identified 6 newborns infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, agent like the one identified in faucets of the Unit. Based on these results were implemented control measures in three areas: structure, process and results, after which there were no new cases reported. Since the first case to discharge of all involved went eleven weeks. However molecular analysis has revealed different genotypes, although with similarity over 95% in two pairs of microbial agents. The outbreak here documented translates the difficulties in this area because we can have an outbreak epidemiologically well-defined and phenotypically attributed to the same agent, but molecular analysis can show discrepancies between the isolated agents. The new methodologies are essential in analyzing outbreaks, having always presented that the epidemiologic definition will be determinant. The close collaboration with Infection Control Committee, department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Unit is essential to identify cases in a timely manner and adequate clinical actuation.