Pseudo-outbreak of Cupriavidus pauculus infection at an outpatient clinic related to rinsing culturette swabs in tap water

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2645-2647

  Balada Llasat, Joan Miquel ^a   Elkins, Camille ^a   Swyers, Lettie ^a   Bannerman, Tammy ^a,b   Pancholi, Preeti ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURETTE SWAB; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS PAUCULUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MEDICAL ERROR; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CULTURE; WATER SAMPLING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN; WATER SUPPLY;

CUPRIAVIDUS PAUCULUS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUPRIAVIDUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77954452005     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01874-09     Document Type: Article

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