title: Mechanism of cross-contamination of blood culture bottles in a pseudoepidemic of Enterobacter cloacae bacteremia.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kassis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lapidot-Farkash
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Avivi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rabino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ben-Porat
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media