Baylor Scott & White Health, Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, TX.
Baylor Scott & White Health, Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, TX.
Am J Infect Control. 2017 Nov 1;45(11):1279-1280. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.284. Epub 2017 Jun 7.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate alcohol-based dispensers as potential fomites for Clostridium difficile. A convenience sample of 120 alcohol-based dispensers was evaluated for the presence of C difficile either by culture or polymerase chain reaction for C difficile toxin. The results demonstrated that C difficile was not cultured, and C difficile toxin was not detected using polymerase chain reaction; however, gram-positive rods, Clostridium perfringens, Pantoea agglomerans, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, Peptostreptococcus, Bacillus spp, and microaerophilic Streptococcus were present within the overflow basins of the alcohol-based dispensers.
本研究旨在评估醇基分配器是否为艰难梭菌的潜在传播媒介。通过培养或聚合酶链反应检测艰难梭菌毒素，对 120 个醇基分配器进行了检测。结果表明，未培养出艰难梭菌，也未通过聚合酶链反应检测到艰难梭菌毒素；然而，在醇基分配器的溢流盆中存在革兰阳性杆菌、产气荚膜梭菌、成团泛菌、凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌、消化链球菌、芽孢杆菌和微需氧链球菌。
