Nosocomial Outbreaks Caused by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jun;14(6):968-71. doi: 10.3201/eid1406.071095.

Abstract

From July 2003 through October 2004, 42 patients became infected by strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides (genotype 1) in different departments of Juan Canalejo Hospital in northwest Spain. During 2006, 6 inpatients, also in different departments of the hospital, became infected (genotypes 2-4). Parenteral nutrition was the likely source.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Leuconostoc / classification*
  • Leuconostoc / genetics
  • Leuconostoc / isolation & purification
  • Male
  • Parenteral Nutrition
  • Risk Factors
  • Spain / epidemiology