Sustained endemicity of Burkholderia cepacia complex in a pediatric institution, associated with contaminated ultrasound gel

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 362-366

  Jacobson, Michelle ^a   Wray, Rick ^a   Kovach, Danuta ^b   Henry, Deborah ^c   Speert, David ^c,d   Matlow, Anne ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPIDEMIC; GEL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULTRASOUND;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG PACKAGING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GELS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; ONTARIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646695225     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503343     Document Type: Article

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