Post‒cataract surgery endophthalmitis outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Helena C Maltezou; Olga Pappa; Georgios Nikolopoulos; Lemonia Ftika; Antonios Maragos; Helen Kaitsa; Efthimia Protonotariou; Eudoxia Diza; Nikolaos Georgiadis; Alkiviadis Vatopoulos; Pavlos Nicolaidis

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2011.02.007

Post‒cataract surgery endophthalmitis outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Am J Infect Control. 2012 Feb;40(1):75-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.02.007. Epub 2011 Jul 7.

Authors

Helena C Maltezou¹, Olga Pappa, Georgios Nikolopoulos, Lemonia Ftika, Antonios Maragos, Helen Kaitsa, Efthimia Protonotariou, Eudoxia Diza, Nikolaos Georgiadis, Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, Pavlos Nicolaidis

Affiliation

¹ Department for Interventions in Health Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece. helen-maltezou@ath.forthnet.gr

PMID: 21737177
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.02.007

Abstract

In June 2010, a severe outbreak of 13 cases of post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis in eye isolates found 95% genetic similarity; however, extensive environmental and carriage investigation revealed no source of infection.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Case-Control Studies
Cataract Extraction / adverse effects*
Cluster Analysis
Disease Outbreaks*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Endophthalmitis / diagnosis
Endophthalmitis / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing
Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis
Pseudomonas Infections / epidemiology*
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / classification
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification*
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis
Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology*