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Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination of mouth swabs during production causing a major outbreak

BACKGROUND: In 2002 we investigated an outbreak comprising 231 patients in Norway, caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and linked to the use of contaminated mouth swabs called Dent-O-Sept. Here we describe the extent of contamination of the swabs, and identify critical points in the production process...

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Autores principales:	Iversen, Bjørn G, Eriksen, Hanne-Merete, Bø, Gjermund, Hagestad, Kristian, Jacobsen, Trond, Engeset, Eva, Lassen, Jørgen, Aavitsland, Preben
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2007
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1831477/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17355630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-6-3

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