Bacillus cereus bacteremia outbreak due to contaminated hospital linens

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-226

  Sasahara, T ^a   Hayashi, S ^a   Morisawa, Y ^a   Sakihama, T ^b   Yoshimura, A ^a   Hirai, Y ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOZOPRAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; INFUSION FLUID; MEROPENEM; PANIPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LAUNDRY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 78751571020     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1072-2     Document Type: Article

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