Post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-77

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a   Pappa, Olga ^a   Nikolopoulos, Georgios ^a   Ftika, Lemonia ^a   Maragos, Antonios ^a   Kaitsa, Helen ^b   Protonotariou, Efthimia ^c   Diza, Eudoxia ^c   Georgiadis, Nikolaos ^c   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis ^a,d   Nicolaidis, Pavlos ^c  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cataract; Epidemic; Eye; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; MEROPENEM;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIC; EYE SURGERY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; POST CATARACT SURGERY ENDOPHTHALMITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84856528825     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.02.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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