title: Outbreak of nosocomial Burkholderia cepacia infection and colonization associated with intrinsically contaminated mouthwash.
abstract: From August 1996 through June 1998, 69 ventilated, intensive care unit patients at two Arizona hospitals had nosocomial respiratory tract cultures positive for Burkholderia cepacia. Intrinsically contaminated alcohol-free mouthwash was identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as the source of the outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Scottsdale Healthcare Infection Control Department, Arizona 85251, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matrician
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ange
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Fanning
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kioski
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Cage
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Komatsu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004340:Drug Contamination; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009067:Mouthwashes
chemical_list: D009067:Mouthwashes