An outbreak of postsurgical wound infections due to Mycobacterium abscessus

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 406-410

  Chadha, R ^a,b   Grover, M ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Lakshmy, A ^a   Deb, M ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Mehta, G ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Glutaraldehyde; Infection control; Infection, post surgical; Mycobacteria, atypical; Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium chelonae

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WOUND INFECTION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031595245     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050350     Document Type: Article

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