%0 Journal Article
%T Brote hospitalario de Achromobacter denitrificans relacionado con el uso de clorhexidina contaminada Achromobacter denitrificans hospital outbreak associated with the use of contaminated chlorhexidine
%A Lina Mar¨ªa Echeverri
%A Santiago Atehort¨²a
%A Marisol Tamayo
%A Diana Marcela Restrepo
%J Infectio
%D 2012
%I Asociacion Colombiana de Infectologia
%X El objetivo de este art¨ªculo es describir una serie de casos de pacientes con pseudobacteriemia causada por Achromobacter denitrificans, germen aislado a partir de los hemocultivos de 14 pacientes hospitalizados en una instituci¨®n de alta complejidad de Medell¨ªn. Los casos estuvieron asociados con el uso de clorhexidina al 4 % en jab¨®n contaminado. Todos los pacientes recibieron antibi¨®ticos con resultados favorables, posiblemente debido a la baja virulencia de este microorganismo y a las medidas oportunas adoptadas por el Grupo de Control de Infecciones del hospital. The aim of this paper is to describe a case series of pseudobacteremia caused by Achromobacter denitrificans, isolated from blood cultures from 14 hospitalized patients in a tertiary care institution in Medell¨ªn. The cases were associated with the use of contaminated 4% chlorhexidine soap. All patients received antibiotic treatment and had favorable results, possibly because of the low virulence of this organism and the timely measures taken by the hospital infections control group.
%K Achromobacter denitrificans
%K bacteriemia
%K brote
%K clorhexidina
%K Achromobacter denitrificans
%K bacteremia
%K outbreak
%K chlorhexidine
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-93922012000200004