| Title | Ochrobactrum anthropi meningitis in pediatric pericardial allograft transplant recipients |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1996 |
| Authors | Chang HJ, Christenson JC, Pavia AT, Bobrin BD, Bland LA, Carson LA, Arduino MJ, Verma P, Aguero SM, Carroll K, Jenkins E, Daly JA, Woods ML, Jarvis WR |
| Journal | J Infect Dis |
| Volume | 173 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 656 - 60 |
| Date Published | Mar |
| ISSN | 0022-1899 (Print) 0022-1899 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 8627029 |
| Keywords | Alcaligenes / isolation & purification / *pathogenicity, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross Infection / *etiology / microbiology, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / *etiology / microbiology, Humans, Male, Meningitis, Bacterial / *etiology / microbiology, Neurosurgery, Pericardium / microbiology / *transplantation, Pseudomonas / isolation & purification |
| Abstract | An epidemiologic investigation was done after 3 patients contracted Ochrobactrum anthropi meningitis at one hospital in October 1994. Neurosurgical patients with pericardial tissue implants were at greater risk of infection than other neurosurgical patients (3/14 vs. 0/566; P<.001 cultures="" of="" implants="" removed="" from="" case-patients="" an="" implant="" at="" implantation="" a="" nonimplanted="" pericardial="" tissue="" and="" unwrapped="" but="" unopened="" bottle="" hank="" balanced="" salt="" solution="" grew="" o.="" anthropi.="" patient="" isolates="" had="" identical="" genotypes="" the="" isolate="" hbss="" unique="" genotype.="" culture="" samples="" pseudomonas="" stutzeri="" same="" genotype="" however="" no="" p.="" infections="" were="" detected.="" investigation="" documented="" intrinsic="" contamination="" hbss.="" anthropi="" tissues="" occurred="" during="" processing="" possibly="" due="" to="" extrinsic="" active="" surveillance="" is="" needed="" detect="" infection="" in="" patients="" receiving="" transplanted="" rigorous="" control="" practice="" are="" necessary="" harvesting="" ensure="" sterility.=""> |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 319 |
