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dc.contributor.author | Chang, Tu-Hsuan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hsueh, Po-Ren | - |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Yu-Tsung | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Po-Yu | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tang, Hung-Jen | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Jong-Min | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-19T05:02:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-12-19T05:02:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-06 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Original Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/9346 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract Background: Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus (SGSP) is a commensal in the intestinal tract and a potential pathogen of neonatal sepsis. During an 11-month period, four consecutive cases of SGSP sepsis were identified in one postnatal care unit (unit A) without evidence of vertical transmission. Therefore, we initiated this study to investigate the reservoir and mode of transmission of SGSP. Method: We performed cultures of stool samples from healthcare workers in unit A and unit B (another unit without SGSP sepsis). If SGSP was positive in feces, we performed isolate pulsotyping and genotyping by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and analyzing random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) patterns, respectively. Results: Five staff members in unit A showed positivity for SGSP. All samples from unit B were negative. We identified two major pulsogroups (groups C and D) by PFGE. In group D, the strains isolated from 3 consecutive sepsis patients (P1, P2 and P3) were closely related and clustered together as those from 2 staff members (C1/C2, C6). One staff (staff 4) had a direct contact history with patient (P1) confirmed to have the same clone. The last isolate of the patient in our study (P4) belonged to a distinct clone. Conclusion: We found prolonged gut colonization of SGSP in healthcare workers and its epidemiological relatedness to neonatal sepsis. Fecal-oral or contact transmission is a possible route of SGSP infection. Fecal shedding among staff may be associated with neonatal sepsis in healthcare facilities. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Taiwan LLC | en_US |
dc.subject | Fecal-oral transmission | en_US |
dc.subject | Gut colonization | en_US |
dc.subject | Healthcare workers | en_US |
dc.subject | Neonatal sepsis | en_US |
dc.subject | Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus | en_US |
dc.title | Prolonged Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus gut colonization in healthcare workers and potential transmission role in neonatal sepsis | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | VOL 56 NO 3 2023 |
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