Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3371916 | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryAn outbreak of Pseudomonas fluorescens infection in six patients in a coronary care unit was associated with a source not previously reported, namely the ice bath used for cardiac output determinations. Outbreaks of pseudobacteraemia caused by P. fluorescens and occasional blood transfusion-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) have been described. However, during the last two decades, two outbreaks of P. fluorescens BSI have been described and this article reports a third. Isolation of P. fluorescens in blood cultures must alert clinicians to the possibility of contamination of infusate, lock solutions or catheter flush.
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Authors
N. Benito, B. Mirelis, M. Luz Gálvez, M. Vila, J. López-Contreras, A. Cotura, V. Pomar, F. March, F. Navarro, P. Coll, M. Gurguí,