An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections following thoracic surgeries occurring via the contamination of bronchoscopes and an automatic endoscope reprocessor

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 418-423

  Shimono, Nobuyuki ^a   Takuma, Takahiro ^a   Tsuchimochi, Noriko ^a   Shiose, Akira ^a   Murata, Masayuki ^a   Kanamoto, Yoko ^a   Uchida, Yujiro ^a   Morita, Shigeki ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroko ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscope; Hospital infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPUTUM; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 57749206456     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0645-9     Document Type: Article

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