Healthcare-associated infections and their prevention after extensive flooding.

Purpose Of Review: This review will focus on the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) after extensive blackwater flooding as well as preventive measures.

Recent Findings: There is evidence suggesting an increased incidence of HAIs and pseudo-outbreaks due to molds after extensive flooding in healthcare facilities. However, there is no strong evidence of an increased incidence of typical nosocomial infections (i.

Five-year outbreak of community- and hospital-acquired Mycobacterium porcinum infections related to public water supplies.

Mycobacterium porcinum is a rarely encountered rapidly growing Mycobacterium (RGM). We identified M. porcinum from 24 patients at a Galveston university hospital (University of Texas Medical Branch) over a 5-year period.

Epidemiology of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a university medical center day care facility.

Background: Few data are available on methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) colonization in day care. We performed a study in a child care center on a medical university campus to study the epidemiology of MSSA in this population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on 104 day care attendees and 32 adult employees of the child care center.

Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a university medical center day care facility.

Objective: Few data are available on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization in day care. We performed a study in a medical university child care center to study the epidemiology of MRSA in this population.

Design: Survey.