Contaminated lithium heparin bottles as a source of pseudobacteraemia due to Pseudomonas fluorescens

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Namnyak, Simon ^a   Hussain, Sunny ^a   Davalle, Jane ^a   Roker, Keith ^a   Strickland, Martin ^a  

^a HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lithium heparin; Pseudobacteraemia; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0032952054     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90033-6     Document Type: Article

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