Multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a pediatric oncology ward related to bath toys

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 509-513

  Buttery, Jim P ^a,b   Alabaster, Samantha J ^a   Heine, Ralf G ^a   Scott, Suzanne M ^a   Crutchfield, Raylee A ^a   Garland, Suzanne M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infection control; Neutropenia; Nosocomial infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Toys

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BATHS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031862532     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199806000-00015     Document Type: Article

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