Multidrug-resistant pathogens in German hospitals

In hospitals in Kiel and Hamburg, multi-drug resistant bacteria were detected in patients

03/02/2015

After multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria already appeared in the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) in Kiel, the pathogens have now been detected in another North German hospital. The University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) is currently fighting a multiresistant 4-MRGN Klebsiella pneumoniae strain that has been identified in six patients over the past few weeks. Three of them have been infected with Klebsiella.

Multidrug-resistant pathogens are often imported from holiday countries
One of the affected patients has been around for some time because of a critical illness „supplied with all means of intensive care, "quotes the online edition of the „Doctors newspaper“ from a message from the UKE. In two other patients, colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria had no health consequences. The death of a severely ill cancer patient after a major surgery is not related to the pathogens.

Seven patients were also screened for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). „The patients did not suffer any damage, "said the UKE The University Hospital had informed the responsible health department immediately about the findings.

In the case of at-risk patients, the clinic states that it conducts various screening tests, which are carried out consistently according to the recommendations of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). At-risk patients are defined as persons who were cared for in a high-risk country in a hospital shortly before admission to hospital. These include Israel, Greece, North Africa and Asia. Also, patients who were in a room with a bed neighbor with 4 MRGN are considered at risk. (Ag)