Eurosurveillance
Volume 21, Issue 2, 2016

Multidrug-resistant organisms detected in refugee patients admitted to a university hospital, Germany June‒December 2015 (Article) (Open Access)

Reinheimer C. , Kempf V.A.J.* , Göttig S. , Hogardt M. , Wichelhaus T.A. , O’Rourke F. , Brandt C.
  • a Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • b Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • c Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • d Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • e Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • f Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • g Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Abstract

Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR GNB) were found to colonise 60.8% (95% confidence interval: 52.3–68.9) of 143 refugee patients mainly from Syria (47), Afghanistan (29), and Somalia (14) admitted to the University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany, between June and December 2015. This percentage exceeds the prevalence of MDR GNB in resident patients four–fold. Healthcare personnel should be aware of this and the need to implement or adapt adequate infection control measures. © 2016, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

genetics Afghanistan Germany hospitalization refugee drug effects university hospital Syrian Arab Republic human Refugees statistics and numerical data ethnology resident Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Confidence interval Humans Hospitals, University prevalence isolation and purification Gram negative bacterium infection control multidrug resistance major clinical study Gram-Negative Bacteria Syria Somalia microbiology antiinfective agent Anti-Bacterial Agents cross infection Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84973408141&doi=10.2807%2f1560-7917.ES.2016.21.2.30110&partnerID=40&md5=06ef54bf5ffd2f37284174875dd05890
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.2.30110
ISSN: 1025496X
Cited by: 51
Original Language: English