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: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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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 |
| Author Notes: | Henriette Schneider, Gernot Geginat, Michael Hogardt, Alexandra Kramer, Matthias Dürken, Horst Schroten, and Tobias Tenenbaum |