Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak associated with a contaminated blood-gas analyser in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-151

  Garland, S M ^a   Mackay, S ^a   Tabrizi, S ^a   Jacobs, S ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood gas analyser; DNA fingerprinting; Neonates; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPTICEMIA; STAFF TRAINING; TRACHEA MUCUS;

EID: 0030018125     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(96)90099-7     Document Type: Article

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