Identification of ochrobactrum oryzae in primary bloodstream infection in a dialysis patient: can it be an emerging pathogen?

Ochrobactrum spp is a gram-negative bacillus currently considered an emerging and opportunistic infection, rare inhumans, and generally associated with indwelling foreign bodies. We report a case of primary bloodstream infectionrelated to a dialysis catheter, caused by Ochrobactrum oryzae misidentified...

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae on a cardiacsurgery intensive care unit: successful measures for infection control

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) cause surgical site infections(SSIs) in intensive care units (ICUs). This study aimed to evaluate the impact of intervention and control measures to reduce CRE colonization and infection rates among patients in the ICU of a cardiac surgery hospital following a CRE outbreak...

A space–time model for carbapenemase-producing Klebsiellapneumoniae (KPC) cluster quantification in a high-complexityhospital

A retrospective space–time permutation model with non-Euclidean distance criteria was appliedwithin a high-complexity hospital setting to quantitatively explore cluster patterns of 273 patientsinfected with or colonized by carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae during 4 years.Results were compared to standard nosocomial active-surveillance methods. Two clusters wereidentified in the period, suggesting that space–time strategies for cluster quantification withinconfined environments may be useful.