Summertime Bacillus cereus colonization of hospital newborns traced to contaminated, laundered linen

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-154

  Hosein, I K ^a   Hoffman, P N ^b   Ellam, S ^a   Asseez, T M ^a   Fakokunde, A ^a   Silles, J ^a   Devereux, E ^a   Kaur, D ^a   Bosanquet, J ^b  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Colonization; Contaminated linen; Labour ward

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DETERGENT; LUBRICATING AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOTHING; DEVICES; DUST; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; LINEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PAPER; PREMATURITY; SEPSIS; SUMMER; SURGICAL EXTRACTOR; TOWEL; UMBILICUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACILLUS CEREUS; COLONIZATION; CONTAMINATED LINEN; LABOUR WARD;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BEDDING AND LINENS; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEASONS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 84884210356     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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