Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex among ventilated pediatric patients linked to hospital sinks

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 775-778

  Lucero, Cynthia A ^a,b   Cohen, Adam L ^a,b   Trevino, Ingrid ^a,c   Rupp, Angela Hammer ^d   Harris, Michelle ^d   Forkan Kelly, Sinead ^d   Noble Wang, Judith ^b   Jensen, Bette ^b   Shams, Alicia ^b   Arduino, Matthew J ^b   Lipuma, John J ^e   Gerber, Susan I ^f   Srinivasan, Arjun ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cystic fibrosis; disease outbreak; Infection control; intensive care unit; pediatrics; water supply

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOUTH HYGIENE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR TYPING; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 80055068017     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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