Transmission of bacterial infections to healthcare workers during intubation and respiratory care of patients with severe pneumonia

Hisashi Baba; Yoshitsugu Iinuma; Kazuyoshi Imaizumi; Yoshinori Hasegawa; Tadao Hasegawa; Michio Ohta; David L Paterson

doi:10.1086/606043

Transmission of bacterial infections to healthcare workers during intubation and respiratory care of patients with severe pneumonia

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Oct;30(10):1019-21. doi: 10.1086/606043.

Authors

Hisashi Baba¹, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Kazuyoshi Imaizumi, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Tadao Hasegawa, Michio Ohta, David L Paterson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagoya University Hospital, Japan. hibab@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

PMID: 19719413
DOI: 10.1086/606043

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cross Infection / microbiology
Cross Infection / transmission*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Health Personnel
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
Intubation, Intratracheal*
Male
Nursing Staff, Hospital*
Pharynx / microbiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / transmission*
Sputum / microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes* / classification
Streptococcus pyogenes* / genetics
Streptococcus pyogenes* / isolation & purification