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Risk factors for fecal carriage of carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae among intensive care unit patients from a tertiary care center in India

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Microbiology, July 2016
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Title
Risk factors for fecal carriage of carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae among intensive care unit patients from a tertiary care center in India
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BMC Microbiology, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12866-016-0763-y
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Gajanand Mittal, Rajni Gaind, Deepak Kumar, Gaurav Kaushik, Kunj Bihari Gupta, P. K. Verma, Monorama Deb

Abstract

Resistance amongst the commensal flora is a serious threat because a very highly populated ecosystem like the gut, may at a later stage, be a source of extra intestinal infections, resistant strains may spread to other host or transfer genetic resistance element to other members of micro-biota including pathogens. This study was carried out to assess fecal colonization by carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) and associated risk factors among 100 patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU). The phenotypic and molecular characterizations of CPE were also included. Colonization with CPE was observed in 6.6 % (8/122) controls. Among ICU patients, fecal carriage of CPE was significantly higher on day 4 (D4) (22 %) as compared to day 1 (D1) (11 %) (p value 0.002). The carbapenemase genes detected included OXA- 48, 181, KPC and NDM-1 with NDM-1 being the predominant carbapenemase in both ICU D1 and D4. Among the 50 CPE isolates, 8 (16 %) were susceptible to meropenem and imipenem (Minimum inhibitory concentration; MIC ≤ 1 mg/L) and all were susceptible to colistin (MIC range 0.125 - 1 mg/L) and tigecycline (MIC range 0.06- 1.5 mg/L). The risk factors associated with CPE carriage were duration of ICU stay, use of ventilator and aminoglycosides. Prior colonization with CPE could result in their influx and spread in ICU, challenging infection control measures. Exposure to ICU further increases risk of colonization with diverse carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Gut colonization with these strains may be a source of endogenous infection and horizontal transfer of these genes in future.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 96 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 16%
Student > Master 12 13%
Researcher 9 9%
Student > Bachelor 8 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 7%
Other 17 18%
Unknown 28 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 8 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 4%
Other 10 10%
Unknown 32 33%
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#33
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