Discover Community Create You

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

Dissemination of Bacillus cereus in a paediatric intensive care unit traced to insufficient disinfection of reusable ventilator air-flow sensors.

The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Apr 2008

Kalpoe J S, Hogenbirk K, van Maarseveen N M, Gesink-Van der Veer B J, Kraakman M E M, Maarleveld J J, van der Reyden T J K, Dijkshoorn L, Bernards A T

Abstract excerpt

Over a two-week period in November 2006, vancomycin-resistant Bacillus cereus was isolated from respiratory samples from six ventilated paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients. To investigate the possibility of a common source and extent of the dissemination, all procedures related to mechanical ventilation were monitored and surveillance cultures performed. B. cereus was isolated from reusable air-flow...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
Share to Bacillus cereus

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy Delete account & data About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Equipment Contamination

Share to Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Share to Intensive Care Units

Share to Interviews as Topic

Share to Pediatrics

Share to Vancomycin Resistance

Source

Identifiers

PMID: 18358564
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.01.017

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 7 Sept 2026. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-09-08.1.

Source receipt: pubmed, retrieved 7 Sept 2026.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence. Graph snapshot: 2026-09-29.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Dissemination of Bacillus cereus in a paediatric intensive care unit traced to insufficient disinfection of reusable ventilator air-flow sensors.PMID 18358564Read ↗

The washing machine as a reservoir for transmission of ESBL-producing <i>Klebsiella oxytoca</i> in newbornsSemantic proximity Read ↗

Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex among ventilated pediatric patients linked to hospital sinks.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum bacteraemia due to contaminated water supply in a paediatric haematology-oncology department.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Associated With a Hospital Outbreak Involving Contamination From Anesthesia Equipment Using UV-CSemantic proximity Read ↗

Infection Prevention and Control Practices Among Audiologists in Ghana Using Survey Evidence, Direct Observation and Microbial AnalysisSemantic proximity Read ↗

Bacillus cereus nosocomial infection from reused towels in Japan.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Microbial contamination of a disinfectant-soaked unwoven cleaning cloth.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Management of an outbreak of Enterobacter cloacae in a neonatal unit using simple preventive measures.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Control of an outbreak of pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii colonization and infection in a neonatal intensive care unit.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Dissemination of Cronobacter spp. (Enterobacter sakazakii) in a powdered milk protein manufacturing facility.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal disease among children attending a day-care center.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Reporting an outbreak of Candida pelliculosa fungemia in a neonatal intensive care unit.Semantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.