Correlation between outbreaks of multidrug-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and use of bronchoscopes suggested by epidemiological analysis

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-30

  Machida, Hisako ^a   Seki, Masafumi ^a   Yoshioka, Nori ^a   Yabuno, Kaori ^a   Miyawaki, Koji ^a   Yoshida, Hisao ^a   Yamamoto, Norihisa ^a   Hamaguchi, Shigeto ^a   Tomono, Kazunori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscope; Centralized sterilization; Hospital infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84892587563     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b13-00470     Document Type: Article

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