PMID- 6630447
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19831217
LR  - 20210526
IS  - 0095-1137 (Print)
IS  - 1098-660X (Electronic)
IS  - 0095-1137 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 3
DP  - 1983 Sep
TI  - Environmental study of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic in 
      a burn unit.
PG  - 683-8
AB  - During an outbreak of infections caused by methicillin-resistant (MR) 
      Staphylococcus aureus in our burn unit, we conducted an extensive 10-week study 
      to define the environmental epidemiology of the organism. The inanimate 
      environment in patient rooms and adjacent areas was examined by using volumetric 
      air samplers and Rodac plates. Airborne and surface level contamination with MR 
      S. aureus was quantitated, and overall, MR S. aureus comprised 16, 31, and 40% of 
      all bacterial growth from air, elevated surfaces, and floor surfaces, 
      respectively. Mean air, elevated surface, and floor surface MR S. aureus 
      contamination in rooms of MR S. aureus-infected burn patients were 1.9 MR S. 
      aureus per ft3 (ca. 0.028 m3), 20 MR S. aureus per Rodac plate and 48 MR S. 
      aureus per Rodac plate, respectively. Peak patient room environmental 
      contamination levels were 6.9 MR S. aureus per ft3 of air, 70 MR S. aureus per 
      Rodac plate per elevated surface and 138 MR S. aureus per Rodac plate per floor 
      surface. Environmental contamination levels in the adjacent work areas were 
      considerably lower than in infected patient rooms. There was ample opportunity 
      for contamination of personnel through the inanimate environment in this unit.
FAU - Rutala, W A
AU  - Rutala WA
FAU - Katz, E B
AU  - Katz EB
FAU - Sherertz, R J
AU  - Sherertz RJ
FAU - Sarubbi, F A Jr
AU  - Sarubbi FA Jr
LA  - eng
GR  - A107151-05/PHS HHS/United States
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Microbiol
JT  - Journal of clinical microbiology
JID - 7505564
RN  - Q91FH1328A (Methicillin)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Air Microbiology
MH  - Bacteriophage Typing
MH  - *Burn Units
MH  - Cross Infection/*microbiology
MH  - Environment
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Intensive Care Units
MH  - Male
MH  - Methicillin/*pharmacology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Penicillin Resistance
MH  - Staphylococcal Infections/*microbiology
PMC - PMC270875
EDAT- 1983/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 2001/03/28 10:01
PMCR- 1983/09/01
CRDT- 1983/09/01 00:00
PHST- 1983/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/03/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 1983/09/01 00:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1983/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1128/jcm.18.3.683-688.1983 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Sep;18(3):683-8. doi: 10.1128/jcm.18.3.683-688.1983.