Faucet aerators: A source of patient colonization with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia [2]

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 459-460

  Voss, A ^a   Verweij, P E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AERATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN INFECTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032882095     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(99)70017-9     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. DJ Weber WA Rutala CN Blanchet M Jordan FM. Gergen Faucet aerators: a source of patient colonization with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia AJIC Am J Infect Control 27 1999 59 63
2. PE Verweij JFGM Meis V Christmann M van der Bor WJG Melchers BGM Hilderink Nosocomial outbreak of colonization and infection with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in preterm infants associated with contaminated tap water Epidemiol Infect 120 1998 251 256