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Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria: Inter- and Intradissemination Among Nursing Homes of Residents With Advanced Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2015

Erika M. C. D’Agata ,
Daniel Habtemariam  and
Susan Mitchell
Erika M. C. D’Agata*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Daniel Habtemariam
Affiliation:
Hebrew SeniorLife, Department of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Susan Mitchell
Affiliation:
Hebrew SeniorLife, Department of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Address correspondence to Erika D’Agata, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Aldrich 720, 593 Eddy St, Providence, RI 02903-4923 (edagata@lifespan.org).
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To quantify the extent of inter– and intra–nursing home transmission of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDRGN) among residents with advanced dementia and characterize MDRGN colonization among these residents.

DESIGN

Prospective cohort study.

SETTING

Twenty-two nursing homes in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area.

PATIENTS

Residents with advanced dementia.

METHODS

Serial rectal surveillance cultures for MDRGN and resident characteristics were obtained every 3 months for 12 months or until death. Molecular typing of MDRGN isolates was performed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

RESULTS

A total of 190 MDRGN isolates from 152 residents with advanced dementia were included in the analyses. Both intra– and inter–nursing home transmission were identified. Genetically related MDRGN strains, recovered from different residents, were detected in 18 (82%) of the 22 nursing homes. The percent of clonally related strains in these nursing homes ranged from 0% to 86% (average, 35%). More than 50% of strains were clonally related in 3 nursing homes. Co-colonization with more than 1 different MDRGN species occurred among 28 residents (18.4%). A total of 168 (88.4%), 20 (10.5%), and 2 (1.0%) of MDRGN isolates were resistant to 3, 4, and 5 different antimicrobials or antimicrobial classes, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

MDRGN are spread both within and between nursing homes among residents with advanced dementia. Infection control interventions should begin to target this high-risk group of nursing home residents.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(8):930–935

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 8 , August 2015 , pp. 930 - 935
Copyright
© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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