RESUMEN
An intensive care nurse with eczema was repeatedly treated for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage. Because cultures remained positive for MRSA, her house was investigated. Thirty-four percent of environmental samples yielded MRSA. Her children and cat were free of MRSA. The house was decontaminated with gaseous ozone. All subsequent cultures were negative for MRSA. This decontamination cost Euros 2,000 (approximately Dollars 2,400).
Asunto(s)
Descontaminación/métodos , Vivienda , Resistencia a la Meticilina , Personal de Enfermería en Hospital , Ozono/farmacología , Staphylococcus aureus/efectos de los fármacos , Portador Sano/microbiología , Femenino , Gases , Humanos , Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/microbiología , Recursos HumanosRESUMEN
A 12-year-old Dutch boy was admitted because of severe neurotrauma after a traffic accident. On day 33 after admission, a Plasmodium falciparum infection was found in a routine blood smear. Most probably he was infected by blood of a patient next to him, a girl with severe malaria tropica. The genotype of the P. falciparum in both patients was identical.