Septicemia caused by contaminated parenteral nutrition pouches: the refrigerator as an unusual cause.
Eleven patients in a hospital presented with septicemia caused by Enterobacter cloacae. The origin was the contamination of parenteral nutrition admixture from a resting place in the refrigerator of the parenteral mixture preparation room.
Dugleux
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Hospital Hygienics Laboratory C.H.U. Côte de Nacre, Caen, France.
Le Coutour
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Hecquard
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Oblin
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D003080:Cold Temperature; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000254:growth & development*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006801:Humans; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D012034:Refrigeration / Q000592:standards*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*