Tap water colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) and relation to Pseudomonas infections of ICU patients.
Water faucets on a surgical intensive care ward were examined prospectively as a source of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. All water outlets harbored distinct genotypes of P aeruginosa over prolonged time periods. Over a period of 7 months, 5 (29%) of 17 patients were infected with P aeruginosa genotypes also detectable in tap water.
Trautmann
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Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Ulm University Hospital, Germany.
Michalsky
T
T
Wiedeck
H
H
Radosavljevic
V
V
Ruhnke
M
M
D003428:Cross Infection; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005838:Genotype; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014881:Water Supply
D004269:DNA, Bacterial