Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Dispatch
Nosocomial Infections with IMP-19−Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Linked to Contaminated Sinks, France
Lucie Amoureux, Karena Riedweg, Angélique Chapuis, Julien Bador, Eliane Siebor, André Péchinot, Marie-Lorraine Chrétien, Claire de Curraize, and Catherine Neuwirth
Table
Characteristics of bacterial isolates from patients with nosocomial infections linked to contaminated sinks, France*
| Isolate | Origin (date) | Site | PFGE profile | Integron |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA1 | Patient P1 (2009 Feb) | Urine | A | D |
| P. aeruginosa PA2 | Patient P2 (2009 Apr) | Blood | B | A |
| P. aeruginosa PA3 | Patient P3 (2009 Jun) | Throat | A | D |
| P. aeruginosa PA4 | Patient P4 (2013 Oct) | Urine | A | D |
| P. aeruginosa PA5 | Patient P5 (2015 Oct) | Central catheter | C | F |
| P. aeruginosa PA6 | Patient P6 (2015 Dec) | Throat | B | A |
| P. aeruginosa PA7 | Patient P7 (2016 Jul) | Blood | A | ND |
| P. aeruginosa PA8 | Room 10 (protective unit) | Sink | Unrelated | G |
| P. aeruginosa PA9 | Room 40 | Shower drain | A | A |
| P. aeruginosa PA10 | Room 40 | Shower drain | A | E, F |
| P. aeruginosa PA11 | Room 40 | Sink | A | B, C |
| P. aeruginosa PA12 | Room 46 | Shower drain | A | D |
| P. aeruginosa PA13 | Room 32 | Sink | A | ND |
| P. aeruginosa PA14 | Room 32 | Toilet bowl | A | ND |
| Achromobacter xylosoxidans | Room 48 | Sink | ND | F |
| A. aegrifaciens | Room 32 | Toilet bowl | ND | E, F |
| A. aegrifaciens | Room 37 | Shower drain | ND | E, F |
| P. putida | Room 32 | Toilet bowl | ND | E, F |
| P. putida | Room 4 | Shower drain | ND | E, F |
| P. putida | Room 64 | Shower drain | ND | G |
| P. putida | Room 65 | Toilet bowl | ND | C |
| Sphingomonas sp. | Room 12 (protective unit) | Sink | ND | ND |
| Comamonas testosteroni | Room 46 | Sink | ND | ND |
| P. mendocina | Room 40 | Shower drain | ND | E, F |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | Room 44 | Sink | ND | ND |
*ND, not determined; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
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