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Microbial contamination of a disinfectant-soaked unwoven cleaning cloth.

The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Sept 2012

Oie S, Arakawa J, Furukawa H, Matsumoto S, Matsuda N, Wakamatsu H

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In December 2009, a 76-year-old male patient developed pneumonia due to Burkholderia cepacia whilst in an intensive care unit at a Japanese university hospital. During the subsequent environmental investigation to find the source, B. cepacia with an identical DNA type was found in his denture storage solution. Open packets of unwoven rayon cloths soaked in 0.2% alkyldiaminoethylglycine hydrochloride, used for...

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PMID: 22854353
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.06.010

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