Hospital outbreak of Burkholderia stabilis bacteraemia related to contaminated chlorhexidine in haematological malignancy patients with indwelling catheters

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-245

  Heo, S T ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Jeong, Y G ^a   Bae, I G ^a   Jin, J S ^b   Lee, J C ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burkholderia stabilis; Catheter associated infection; Chlorhexidine; Hospital outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PEFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA STABILIS; CANCER CENTER; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; KOREA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949148160     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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