Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a pediatric oncology care unit caused by an errant water jet into contaminated siphons

We analyzed an outbreak of invasive infections with an exotoxin U positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain within a pediatric oncology care unit. Environmental sampling and molecular characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains led to identification of the outbreak source. An errant water je...

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Main Authors: Rudolph, Henriette (Author) , Geginat, Gernot (Author) , Dürken, Matthias (Author) , Schroten, Horst (Author) , Tenenbaum, Tobias (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: The pediatric infectious disease journal
Year: 2012, Volume: 31, Issue: 6, Pages: 648-650
ISSN:1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/INF.0b013e31824d1a11
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31824d1a11
Verlag, Volltext: http://content.wkhealth.com/linkback/openurl?sid=WKPTLP:landingpage&an=00006454-201206000-00029
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Author Notes:Henriette Schneider, Gernot Geginat, Michael Hogardt, Alexandra Kramer, Matthias Dürken, Horst Schroten, and Tobias Tenenbaum
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a pediatric oncology care unit caused by an errant water jet into contaminated siphons by Rudolph, Henriette (Author) , Geginat, Gernot (Author) , Dürken, Matthias (Author) , Schroten, Horst (Author) , Tenenbaum, Tobias (Author) ,


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