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Transmission of Bacterial Infections to Healthcare Workers during Intubation and Respiratory Care of Patients with Severe Pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Hisashi Baba ,
Yoshitsugu Iinuma ,
Kazuyoshi Imaizumi ,
Yoshinori Hasegawa ,
Tadao Hasegawa ,
Michio Ohta  and
David L. Paterson
Hisashi Baba*
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Yoshitsugu Iinuma
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Kazuyoshi Imaizumi
Affiliation:
Departments of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya
Yoshinori Hasegawa
Affiliation:
Departments of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya
Tadao Hasegawa
Affiliation:
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, and the Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya
Michio Ohta
Affiliation:
Molecular Bacteriology, Nagoya
David L. Paterson
Affiliation:
University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
*
University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Level 8, Building 71/918 Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Campus, Herston, QLD 4029, Australia ([email protected])
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Abstract

Exposure of healthcare workers to patients with rapidly fatal infections invariably raises concerns regarding the risk of occupational acquisition. We describe acquisition of Streptococcus pyogenes by 2 nurses from a patient with fatal pneumonia and review previously reported cases of transmission of bacterial pathogens from patients with pneumonia to healthcare workers.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2009 , pp. 1019 - 1021
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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