Abstract
Nine patients developed P. aeruginosa bloodstream infection (BSI) in a neurosurgical intensive care unit (NSICU) during a 2-month period. Environmental strains were isolated from a plasma-expander solution and tap water. All clinical and plasma-expander strains displayed the same PFGE pattern, whereas the water strains were unrelated to the outbreak.
MeSH terms
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Bacteremia / etiology
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Bacteremia / microbiology*
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Cross Infection / etiology
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Cross Infection / microbiology*
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Gelatin / adverse effects
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Humans
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Infection Control / methods*
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Neurosurgical Procedures
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Plasma Substitutes / adverse effects*
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Postoperative Complications / microbiology
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Pseudomonas Infections / epidemiology*
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Pseudomonas Infections / etiology
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa / classification
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa / pathogenicity*
Substances
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Plasma Substitutes
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Gelatin