1. A plasma expander-related Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak.
- Author
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Orsi GB, Villari P, Mondillo V, Fabiani M, Marzuillo C, Penni A, and Venditti M
- Subjects
- Bacteremia etiology, Cross Infection etiology, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Gelatin adverse effects, Humans, Neurosurgical Procedures, Postoperative Complications microbiology, Pseudomonas Infections etiology, Pseudomonas aeruginosa classification, Bacteremia microbiology, Cross Infection microbiology, Disease Outbreaks, Infection Control methods, Plasma Substitutes adverse effects, Pseudomonas Infections epidemiology, Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity
- Abstract
Nine patients developed P. aeruginosa bloodstream infection (BSI) in a neurosurgical intensive care unit (NSICU) during a 2-month period. Environmental strains were isolated from a plasma-expander solution and tap water. All clinical and plasma-expander strains displayed the same PFGE pattern, whereas the water strains were unrelated to the outbreak.
- Published
- 2006
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