Nosocomial Outbreaks Caused by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides

Abstract

From July 2003 through October 2004, 42 patients became infected by strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides (genotype 1) in different departments of Juan Canalejo Hospital in northwest Spain. During 2006, 6 inpatients, also in different departments of the hospital, became infected (genotypes 2–4). Parenteral nutrition was the likely source.

Keywords

• Leuconostoc
• outbreak
• nosocomial setting
• parenteral nutrition
• risk factors
• vancomycin and antibiotic resistance