Contaminated feeding bottles: The source of an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a neonatal intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-154

  Sánchez Carrillo, Carlos ^a   Padilla, Belén ^a   Marín, Mercedes ^a   Rivera, Marisa ^a   Cercenado, Emilia ^a   Vigil, Dolores ^a   Sánchez Luna, Manuel ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BOTTLE FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BOTTLE FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 63649109925     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.04.259     Document Type: Article

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