Nosocomial infection by E.coli and Proteus mirabilis associated with the use of cellular devices in veterinary surgery

• Grant number: 19/14382-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: October 01, 2019
• End date: July 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Bruno Watanabe Minto
• Grantee: Ana Carolina Valentim Hespanha
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Nosocomial infections represent a serious public health problem of a global nature, leading to an increase in the mortality and morbidity of the patients affected. With the advancement of technology and communication, cellular devices have become indispensable items for modern society, being transported to the most diverse environments and, therefore, they are in the focus of studies related to the potential factors related to their harmful effects. It is well known from a number of human health studies that the contamination rates of the medical staff of the medical staff are high, even with the infection prevention plan so well established in hospitals. In veterinary medicine studies on this subject are scarce, but alarming from an epidemiological point of view. In this sense, the objective of this work is to evaluate the presence of E. coli and Proteus mirabilis, two important bacteria associated with nosocomial infection, in cellular devices. For this, the samples will be collected from the team's cellular devices through swabs, and detection of the proposed microorganisms will be performed through PCR. The isolates obtained will be submitted to antimicrobial susceptibility tests for resistance evaluation. Also, a genetic diversity test will be performed to confirm if isolated strains in surgical wounds may be related to those in the evaluated cellular devices. (AU)

Scientific publications

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VALENTIM HESPANHA, ANA CAROLINA; MINTO, BRUNO WATANABE; CARDOZO, MARITA VEDOVELLI; DE MENEZES, MARELIZA POSSA; TASSO, JULIA BANHARELI; MORAES, PAOLA CASTRO. Contamination by antimicrobial-resistant enterobacteria isolated from cell phones and hands in a veterinary hospital. ACTA VETERINARIA HUNGARICA, v. 69, n. 3, p. 216-222, SEP 2021. (19/14382-9)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

HESPANHA, Ana Carolina Valentim. Contamination by antimicrobial-resistant enterobacteria isolated on cell phones and hands in a veterinary hospital. 2021. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.