Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections Caused by Commercial Piercing of Upper Ear Cartilage

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 981-985

  Keene, William E ^a   Markum, Amy C ^b   Samadpour, Mansour ^c,d  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b Klamath County Health Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Institute for Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHONDRITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISINFECTION; EAR INFECTION; EAR LOBE PIERCING; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHONDROPATHY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR DISEASE; EQUIPMENT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXTERNAL EAR; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PUNCTURE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EAR CARTILAGES; EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; EAR, EXTERNAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; OREGON; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PUNCTURES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1442359532     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.8.981     Document Type: Article

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