title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa orbital cellulitis in four neutropenic patients.
abstract: Four neutropenic patients on a haematology ward developed orbital cellulitis due to different strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa over a 7-month period. Investigation of patients and the ward environment revealed two P. aeruginosa isolates indistinguishable from the infecting strains in a plastic washing bowl and a sink in a single cubicle respectively. These items were unlikely to have been the sources of the infecting strains but were a potential cross infection hazard. Treatment of orbital cellulitis is discussed briefly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Atkins
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D015984:Causality; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D015817:Eye Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification; D012703:Serotyping