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Dissemination of <i>Staphylococcus warneri</i> in the Hair of ICU Doctors
School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
- 1 School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
- 2 School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
- 3 School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
- 4 School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
- 5 Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- 6 School of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Nagoya, Japan
Advances in Microbiology·Volume 05 (2015)·Pages 599–603·Published 30 July 2015·DOI10.4236/aim.2015.58062
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Abstract
This study reports a case of Staphylococcus warneri dissemination in the hair of ICU/ER doctors. Eleven of 23 doctors in the first survey and 11 of 24 doctors in the second survey, which were conducted after 6 months, carried S. warneri , while hair contamination of other coagulase-negative staphylococci was only sporadic. Chromosomal DNA analysis with PFGE revealed that 7 S. warneri strains isolated in the first survey and 7 strains isolated in the second survey showed similar PFGE patterns, suggesting that a cross-infection with a S. warneri strain continued over 6 months among the ICU doctors.
Keywords<i>Staphylococcus warneri</i>ICU DoctorPFGE
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