Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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 an...
Topics
- Belgium
- Case-Control Studies
- Cross Infection
- DNA Primers
- Disease Outbreaks
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases
- Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
- Male
- Plasma
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
- Water Microbiology