Outbreak of severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections caused by a contaminated drain in a Whirlpool Bathtub

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1331-1337

  Berrouane, Yasmina F ^a,e   McNutt, Louise Anne ^d   Buschelman, Barry J ^a   Rhomberg, Paul R ^a   Sanford, Melissa D ^a   Hollis, Richard J ^a   Pfaller, Michael A ^a   Herwaldt, Loreen A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SANITATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034575914     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317501     Document Type: Article

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