Clonally related Burkholderia contaminans among ventilated patients without cystic fibrosis

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1298-1300

  Peterson, Amy E ^a,b   Chitnis, Amit S ^a,c   Xiang, Nan ^c   Scaletta, Joseph M ^b   Geist, Robert ^b   Schwartz, Jennifer ^b   Dement, Jamie ^b   Lawlor, Elizabeth ^b   Lipuma, John J ^d   O'Connell, Heather ^c   Noble Wang, Judith ^c   Kallen, Alexander J ^c   Hunt, D Charles ^b  

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

^b KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia complex; Infection control; Mechanical; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATED PATIENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; INFECTION CONTROL; MECHANICAL; VENTILATION;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84888435907     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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