Association between climate and Enterobacter colonization in Swedish neonatal units.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To study risk factors for the highly variable local colonization rates with unrelated Enterobacter species strains previously found in 22 Swedish neonatal units (0% to 32.4% of the infants). PATIENTS AND SETTING:The fecal Enterobacter species carriage rates among 953 infants in the 22 special-care neonatal units were correlated with variables related to the ward (size, crowding, staffing, work load, antibiotic usage, level of care, hygienic precautions), and the hospital (temperature of water supplied, geographical location). RESULTS:The average Enterobacter species carriage rate was highest at seven days of age (17% of the infants) and then declined to 3%. Only location of the hospital in an area with warmer climate according to horticultural zone showed an association with Enterobacter species carriage in multivariate analysis (P = 0.005). CONCLUSION:Although Enterobacter species mainly cause nosocomially acquired infections, the occurrence of the organism in special-care neonatal units seemed to be determined more by extrahospital than by intrahospital factors.

authors

Fryklund BA,Tullus K,Burman LG

doi

10.1086/646641

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-10-01 00:00:00

pages

579-82

issue

10

eissn

0899-823X

issn

1559-6834

pii

S0195941700013060

journal_volume

14

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