Detection of temporal clusters of health care-associated infections or colonizations with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

A. Lefebvre , C. Lucet (1) , X. Bertrand (2, 3) , P Chavanet (4) , Karine Astruc (5) , C Quantin (6) , P Vanhems (7) , L S Aho-Glélé (8)

1 Unité de contrôle infectieux [Bichat Claude Bernard]
2 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)
3 CHRU Besançon - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon
4 Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [CHU Dijon]
5 CHU Dijon - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand
6 DIM - Service Biostatistiques et Informatique Médicale (CHU de Dijon)
7 Hôpital Edouard Herriot [CHU - HCL]
8 Service d'épidémiologie et d'hygiène hospitalières (CHU de Dijon)

We investigated temporal clusters of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cases between 2005 and 2014 in 1 French university hospital, overall and by ward, using the Kulldorff method. Clusters of positive water samples were also investigated at the whole hospital level. Our results suggest that water outlets are not closely involved in the occurrence of clusters of P aeruginosa cases.

Mots clés: Water

Domaines: Microbiologie et Parasitologie

A. Lefebvre, C. Lucet, X. Bertrand, P Chavanet, Karine Astruc, et al.. Detection of temporal clusters of health care-associated infections or colonizations with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.. American Journal of Infection Control, 2017, 45 (1), pp.72-74. ⟨hal-01506312⟩