TITLE:
Dissemination of Staphylococcus warneri in the Hair of ICU Doctors
AUTHORS:
Ikue Shamoto, Yuka Ishihara, Akiko Sato, Hisae Usami, Naoyuki Matsuda, Michio Ohta
KEYWORDS:
Staphylococcus warneri, ICU Doctor, PFGE
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Microbiology,
Vol.5 No.8,
August
7,
2015
ABSTRACT: This study reports a case of Staphylococcus
warneri dissemination in the hair of ICU/ER doctors. Eleven of 23 doctors
in the first survey and 11 of 24 doctors in the second
survey, which were conducted after 6 months, carried S. warneri, while hair contamination of other coagulase-negative
staphylococci was only sporadic. Chromosomal DNA analysis with PFGE revealed
that 7 S. warneri strains isolated in
the first survey and 7 strains isolated in the second survey showed similar
PFGE patterns, suggesting that a cross-infection with a S. warneri strain continued over 6 months among the ICU doctors.