Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia in a chemotherapy day care unit due to intrinsic contamination of an antiemetic drug

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-119

  Singhal, T ^a   Shah, S ^a   Naik, R ^a  

^a Medical Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Burkholderia; Contamination; Drug; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; GRANISETRON; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; DAY CARE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS;

ANTIEMETICS; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; DAY CARE, MEDICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84920934284     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.148405     Document Type: Article

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