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Relatedness of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Causing Bacteremia in Low-Birthweight Infants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marilyn A. Kacica ,
Michael J. Horgan ,
Karen E. Preston ,
Martha Lepow  and
Richard A. Venezia
Marilyn A. Kacica
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College and Department of Epidemiology, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York
Michael J. Horgan
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College and Department of Epidemiology, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York
Karen E. Preston
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College and Department of Epidemiology, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York
Martha Lepow
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College and Department of Epidemiology, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York
Richard A. Venezia*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College and Department of Epidemiology, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, New York
*
Albany Medical Center, Division of Laboratory Medicine, 43 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208-3478
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Abstract

Objective:

To investigate coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CONS) causing bacteremia in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Design:

A 14-month retrospective review of 47 infants in the NICU with CONS bacteremia was undertaken to determine CONS glycocalyx production, plasmid pattern, total DNA restriction fragment polymorphism, and clinical risk factors.

Results:

The isolates included 32 Staphylococcus epidermidis, six Staphylococcus haemolyticus, four Staphylococcus warneri, four Staphylococcus saprophyticus, and one Staphylococcus hominis. Sixty-five percent of S epidermidis produced glycocalyx; other species did not. Oxacillin resistance (52%) and the antibiograms of the CONS were consistent with other units in the hospital. Five similar CONS plasmid patterns were found among 16 isolates; 31 isolates had unique patterns. Extractions of total DNA from these isolates were digested using HindIII, HaeIII, and BstEII. Those with similar restriction fragment length patterns could not be linked as nosocomially transmitted among infants with bacteremia.

Conclusion:

Our observations suggest that multiple strains of CONS infect infants in the NICU who have similar risk factors. Although current infection control practices limit transmission of a pathogen, they do not prevent CONS bacteremias.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 10 , October 1994 , pp. 658 - 662
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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