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Neonatal infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with a water-bath used to thaw fresh frozen plasma.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Aug 1998
Muyldermans G, de Smet F, Pierard D, Steenssens L, Stevens D, Bougatef A, Lauwers S
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In our 15-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), four new-borns were found to be colonized or infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa within a period of one week. To identify the outbreak source, three independent studies were performed: epidemiological investigation, environmental surveillance and genotypic typing of isolates. Although epidemiological investigation by a case-control study revealed no conclusive...
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