Continued transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a wash hand basin tap in a critical care unit

Summary Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important nosocomial pathogen commonly colonising hospital water supplies including taps and sinks. Here we report a cluster of P. aeruginosa acquisitions over 5-months from tap water to patients occupying the same burns single room in a critical care unit. P. ae...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of hospital infection 2016-09, Vol.94 (1), p.8-12
Hauptverfasser:	Garvey, Mark I, Bradley, Craig W, Tracey, Julie, Oppenheim, Beryl
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Critical care Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - transmission Disease Transmission, Infectious Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Genotype Humans Infectious Disease Intensive Care Units Molecular Epidemiology Molecular Typing Nosocomial Outbreak Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa - classification Pseudomonas aeruginosa - genetics Pseudomonas aeruginosa - isolation & purification Pseudomonas Infections - epidemiology Pseudomonas Infections - transmission Water Water Microbiology Water outlets
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