A multistate nosocomial outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii colonization associated with an intrinsically contaminated respiratory care solution

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1281-1286

  Labarca, Jaime A ^a,b   Trick, William E ^c   Peterson, Carol L ^d   Carson, Loretta A ^c   Holt, Stacey C ^c   Arduino, Matthew J ^c   Meylan, Marysia ^d   Mascola, Laurene ^d   Jarvis, William R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0033497258     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313458     Document Type: Article

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