Nosocomial outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections related to a flexible bronchoscope

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-135

  Bou, R ^a   Aguilar, A ^a   Perpinan J ^a   Ramos, P ^a   Peris, M ^a   Lorente, L ^a   Zuniga A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA RIBERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Cross infection; Outbreak; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN;

BRONCHOSCOPES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SPAIN;

EID: 33750632054     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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