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The role of interventional molecular epidemiology in controlling clonal clusters of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in critically ill cancer patients.
American journal of infection control - 1 Aug 2009
Adachi Javier A, Perego Cheryl, Graviss Linda, Dvorak Tanya, Hachem Ray, Chemaly Roy F, Raad Issam I
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BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading causes of hospital-acquired infections in intensive care units (ICUs). The objective was to evaluate the impact of molecular identification of clonal multidrug-resistant (MDR) P aeruginosa strains and the implementation of infection control measures. METHODS: One hundred seventy-seven strains from ICU patients infected or colonized with MDR P aeruginosa...
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