Investigation and control of a cluster of penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in a care home

W. J. Olver; J. Cavanagh; M. Quinn; M. Diggle; G. F. S. Edwards

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2008.05.016

Investigation and control of a cluster of penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in a care home

W. J. Olver, J. Cavanagh, M. Quinn, M. Diggle, G. F. S. Edwards

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Abstract

Two elderly residents of a care home were hospitalised with pneumonia over a period of one month. They had bacteraemia with penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (PNSP) and both died. All residents and staff of the care home were screened for PNSP using nasopharyngeal swabs, with one resident and one member of staff found to be asymptomatic carriers. Oral rifampicin was given to the carriers. All four strains were found to be serotype 14, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) showed ST2652, not previously detected in Scotland. Review of care home residents showed that pneumococcal vaccination coverage was low (63%). This is similar to rates found in those aged =65 years in the general population and needs to be improved upon.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	80-83
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	70
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2008.05.016
Publication status	Published - Sept 2008

Keywords

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Carrier State
Cross Infection
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Nasopharynx
Nursing Homes
Penicillin Resistance
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal
Rifampin
Scotland
Serotyping
Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Investigation and control of a cluster of penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in a care home

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