Outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria at a Yuen Long elderly care home
發佈日期: 2025-08-26 00:33
TVB News
A residential care home for the elderly in Yuen Long has seen an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, involving six residents.
The bacteria is carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, or CPE.
The Centre for Health Protection says the three male and three female residents are aged between 68 and 85. They recently attended a public hospital for treatment due to their underlying illnesses. Their samples tested positive for CPE upon laboratory testing. But none of them exhibited symptoms associated with CPE infection.
The CHP is conducting a screening at the care home.
CPE can cause infections in various parts of the body, including urinary tract infections or intra-abdominal infections. It is commonly resistant to multiple antibiotics, limiting therapeutic options, and may render severe clinical infections difficult to treat.
The range of diseases associated with CPE varies from asymptomatic carriage to potentially life-threatening or fatal infections. The level of risk depends on which part of the body is affected by the infection and the patients general health.
Proper use of antibiotics and maintaining good personal and environmental hygiene, especially hand hygiene, are important for preventing emergence and cross-transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms, such as CPE.
