Gordonia bronchialis sternal wound infection in 3 patients following open heart surgery: Intraoperative transmission from a healthcare worker

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1238-1241

  Wright, Shaneka N ^a   Gerry, Joanna S ^b   Busowski, Mary T ^a   Klochko, Alena Y ^a   McNulty, Steven G ^c   Brown, Scott A ^a   Sieger, Barry E ^a   Ken Michaels, P ^a   Wallace, Mark R ^a  

^a ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

^b ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GORDON BRONCHIALIS STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; GORDONIA; GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS; GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAUNDRY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MACHINE; MALE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCRUB; STERNUM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WASHING MACHINE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOTHING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HAND; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84869154660     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668441     Document Type: Article

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