Molecular Epidemiology of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Hospital Outbreak Driven by a Contaminated Disinfectant-Soap Dispenser

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection represents a main cause of morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised patients. This study describes a fatal epidemic of P. aeruginosa that occurred in a hematology unit in Italy. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study, prospective surveil...

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Autores principales: Lanini, Simone, D'Arezzo, Silvia, Puro, Vincenzo, Martini, Lorena, Imperi, Francesco, Piselli, Pierluca, Montanaro, Marco, Paoletti, Simonetta, Visca, Paolo, Ippolito, Giuseppe
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21359222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017064

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