An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa because of inadequate disinfection procedures in a urology unit: A pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-based epidemiologic study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Kayabas, Uner ^a   Bayraktar, Mehmet ^a   Otlu, Baris ^a   Ugras, Murat ^a   Ersoy, Yasemin ^a   Bayindir, Yasar ^a   Durmaz, Riza ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FORCEPS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 38649127587     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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