临床耐万科素Enterococcus faecium分离物对来自移动源的UV-C光的耐受性
B Knobling1, G Franke1, C Belmar Campos1
1Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Department Infection Prevention and Control, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
|July 4, 2023
概括
临床分离的抗胺素肠球菌 (VRE) 显示出对UV-C消毒的不同敏感性. 标准的UV-C剂量可能不足以在医院环境中消除高度耐受VRE菌株.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 环境卫生环境卫生
背景情况:
- 在医院获得的感染构成重大风险.
- 自动化"无触摸"消毒系统,包括UV-C辐射,用于终端室的清洁.
- 紫外线对临床病原体与实验室菌株的疗效需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 分析临床分离的克隆分离的抗胺素耐药肠球菌 (VRE) 对紫外线C辐射的敏感性.
- 为了比较VRE临床分离物与标准实验室菌株 (Enterococcus hirae ATCC 10541) 的UV-C耐药性.
主要方法:
- 测试了十个克隆分离的VRE临床分离物和E. hirae ATCC 10541.
- 污染的陶被照射了50和22mJ/cm2的UV-C剂量,分别在1.0和1.5米的距离上.
- 辐射后通过培养量化细菌减少.
主要成果:
- 在VRE菌株之间,UV-C敏感性差异很大,有些菌株比其他菌株耐受性高出十倍.
- 实验室菌株E. hirae ATCC 10541显示中等敏感性.
- 与E. hirae ATCC 10541.1.相比,耐受性最强的VRE分离物,特别是ST1283,在22mJ/cm2的水平上显示出明显较低的减少.
结论:
- 对实验室菌株有效的标准UV-C剂量可能不足以消除耐受性临床VRE隔离物.
- 未来对自动化紫外线消毒装置的验证应使用最耐受性临床隔离物.
- 较长的紫外线暴露时间可能是必要的,以确保在现实世界的医院环境中有效消毒.
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