title: Outbreak of infection with Achromobacter xylosoxidans from contaminated intravascular pressure transducers.
abstract: Achromobacter xylosoxidans contaminating transducers caused 15 cases of hospital infection. In the eight patients with bacteraemia the interval from inoculation to fever was an average of 6.6 days. All the infected patients recovered. Computerization of laboratory records allowed retrieval of previous isolates, and review of clinical records focused the problem on patients with cardiac and aortic diseases. The problem arose from the re-use of disposable equipment after disinfection with a benzalcone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gahrn-Hansen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alstrup
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dessau
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuursted
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Knudsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oxhøj
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siboni
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siboni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D004203:Disinfection; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D014159:Transducers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014160:Transducers, Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects*