Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 2;73(3):524-527. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1237.
We analyzed the impact of a hospital tap water avoidance protocol on respiratory isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). After protocol implementation, hospital-onset episodes of respiratory NTM isolation on high-risk units decreased from 41.0 to 9.9 episodes per 10 000 patient-days (incidence rate ratio, 0.24; 95% confidence interval, .17-.34; P < .0001).
我们分析了医院自来水回避方案对非结核分枝杆菌(NTM)呼吸道隔离的影响。方案实施后,高危病房医院获得性呼吸道 NTM 隔离的发生率从每 10000 患者日 41.0 例降至 9.9 例(发病率比,0.24;95%置信区间,0.17-0.34;P<.0001)。