Pseudobacteremia outbreak of biofilm-forming Achromobacter xylosoxidans - environmental transmission

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Günther, Frank ^a   Merle, Uta ^a   Frank, Uwe ^a   Gaida, Matthias M ^a   Mutters, Nico T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achromobacter xylosoxidans; Biofilm; Disinfection; Environmental cleaning; Healthcare associated infections; Infection control; Tissue dispensers

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL DEVICE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REUSABLE TISSUE DISPENSER; RISK FACTOR; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WARD; ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; BIOFILMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTANTS; GERMANY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84992080046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1909-0     Document Type: Article

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