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Contaminated feeding bottles: the source of an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.
American journal of infection control - 1 Mar 2009
Sánchez-Carrillo Carlos, Padilla Belén, Marín Mercedes, Rivera Marisa, Cercenado Emilia, Vigil Dolores, Sánchez-Luna Manuel, Bouza Emilio
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BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been reported in relationship with contamination of staff fingernails, hands, water baths, hand lotions and others. To our knowledge, contamination of milk and feeding bottles as a source of an outbreak of P aeruginosa infections has not been reported. The incidence of P aeruginosa infection/colonization in our neonatal intensive care unit increased from 1.9...
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