HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA

• It is a group of bacteria
• It is found in water and soil

SYMPTOMS

• Could range from having no symptoms
• Or you could possibly have a serious respiratory infection

WHO IS SUSCEPTIBLE?

• People with a weak immune system
• People with chronic lung disease
• People with cystic fibrosis(mucus blocks airway in the lungs)

DISEASE SPEAD BY....?

HOW IS IT SPREAD IN THE HOSPITAL?

• Contaminated medicines
• Devices

HOW TO PREVENT FROM SPREADING?

HOW TO TREAT THE DISEASE?

• Common antibiotics
• Other treatments would vary case to case

FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL OUTCOME

• Higher probably of death
• A test was run and 13 out of 40 patients lived
• To get treatment to try to fight this disease is around $52,400

CITATIONS

• http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/organisms/bCepacia.html#a1
• http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=93...