Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a pediatric intensive care unit linked to a humanitarian organization residential center

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-237

  Longtin, Yves ^a   Troillet, Nicolas ^b   Touveneau, Sylvie ^a   Boillat, Noémie ^b   Rimensberger, Peter ^a   Dharan, Sasi ^a   Gervaix, Alain ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a   Harbarth, Stephan ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hospital Epidemiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Disease outbreak; Pediatric intensive care unit; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEWAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77649220182     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181bc24fb     Document Type: Article

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