Investigation of an outbreak of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection due to contaminated water

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-366

  Douce, Richard W ^a,c   Zurita, Jeannete ^a   Sanchez, Olga ^a   Aldaz, Paul Cardenas ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^c NONE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FLAVOBACTERIA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MYROIDES ODORATUS; SEPSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECUADOR; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 40949129664     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/533543     Document Type: Article

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