An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia and bloodstream infection associated with intermittent otitis externa in a healthcare worker

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1083-1089

  Zawacki, Anne ^a   O'Rourke, Edward ^b   Potter Bynoe, Gail ^a   Macone, Ann ^c   Harbarth, Stephan ^d   Goldmann, Donald ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERMITTENT EXTERNAL OTITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; WORK RESTRICTION; WORK SCHEDULE;

BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MASSACHUSETTS; OTITIS EXTERNA; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10844287198     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502348     Document Type: Article

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