Epidemic of Pseudomonas cepacia in an adult cystic fibrosis unit: evidence of person-to-person transmission.

doi:10.1128/jcm.31.11.3017-3022.1993

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Epidemic of Pseudomonas cepacia in an adult cystic fibrosis unit: evidence of person-to-person transmission.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1993

Smith D L, Gumery L B, Smith E G, Stableforth D E, Kaufmann M E, Pitt T L

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An epidemic of Pseudomonas cepacia occurred in an adult cystic fibrosis center in the United Kingdom, despite a policy of segregation of infected and noninfected patients within the hospital. Investigation of the outbreak by ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to characterize P. cepac...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Burkholderia cepacia
Cross Infection
Cystic Fibrosis
Female
Genotype
Humans
Incidence
Male
Prevalence
Pseudomonas Infections
United Kingdom

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