Hospital-wide outbreak of Burkholderia contaminans caused by prefabricated moist washcloths

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-270

  Martin, M ^a   Christiansen, B ^b   Caspari, G ^b   Hogardt, M ^c   von Thomsen, A J ^a   Ott, E ^d   Mattner, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burkholderia contaminans; Contaminated washcloths; Outbreak; Pneumonia; RAPEX

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA CONTAMINANS; BURKHOLDERIA CONTAMINANS INFECTION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOIST PREFABRICATED WASHCLOTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECA GENE; SEPTICEMIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDDING AND LINENS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951850637     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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