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Contaminated Incubators: Source of a Multispecies Enterobacter Outbreak of Neonatal Sepsis

Published:2022-08-31 Issue:4 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Hernandez-Alonso Enrique¹^ORCID,Bourgeois-Nicolaos Nadège¹²,Lepainteur Margaux²,Derouin Véronique²,Barreault Simon¹,Waalkes Adam³,Augusto Luis A.¹,Gera Stuti²,Gleizes Orane²,Tissieres Pierre¹,Salipante Stephen J.³,de Luca Daniele⁴⁵,Doucet-Populaire Florence¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Paris-Saclay University, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

2. Department of Bacteriology-Hygiene, AP-HP Paris-Saclay University, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France

3. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

4. Department of Neonatal Intensive Care, L’Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux De Paris, Paris-Saclay University, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France

5. Physiopathology and Therapeutic Innovation Unit, INSERM U999, Paris-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Abstract

Neonatal incubators in the NICU can be an important reservoir of pathogens responsible for life-threatening outbreaks in neonatal patients. Traditional disinfection with antiseptics is not sufficient to eradicate the microorganisms that can persist for long periods in the different reservoirs.

Funder

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.00964-22

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