Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination of mouth swabs during production causing a major outbreak

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Iversen, Bjoørn G ^a   Eriksen, Hanne Merete ^a   Boø, Gjermund ^b   Hagestad, Kristian ^c   Jacobsen, Trond ^d   Engeset, Eva ^a   Lassen, Joørgen ^a   Aavitsland, Preben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Arendal Kristiansand   (Norway)

^c Helsetilsynet i Oslo og Akershus   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORWAY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MOUTH; NORWAY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33947697636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-6-3     Document Type: Article

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