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The dienes effect as an epidemiological tool in a paraplegic unit

✍ Scribed by R. Herruzo-Cabrera; J. Garcia-Caballero; M. J. Medrano-Albero; F. Villar-Alvarez; J. J. Moreno-Moreno; J. Rey-Calero

Book ID
104640875
Publisher
Springer
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
341 KB
Volume
4
Category
Article
ISSN
0393-2990

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✦ Synopsis

The authors study the Dienes effect in 136 P. mirabitis and 2 P. vulgaris strains, isolated from different infection or colonization sites, in 27 spinal cord injured patients, admitted to a Paraplegic Unit, during a 9 month period. It is shown that 7 cross-infect:ion and 18 cross-contamination episodes occurred, ,affecting 13 of 27 patients, which indicates the great spreading capacity of these microorganisms; 97% of the results obtained were observed once again after 6 months' storage of strains. In addition, in 7 of these strains their resistance to several antibiotics was cured by treating them with acriflavine salts, demostrating that the Dienes effect persists even when resistance to antibiotics is modified; the authors conclude that the Dienes effect is an accurate stable epidemiological tool to identify crossinfections and its origins, and to facilitate the interruption of the chain of infection.

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