Contamination of a milk bank pasteuriser causing a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit.
An environmental investigation and a cohort study were carried out to analyse an outbreak of infection caused by a serotype O10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit. Thirty one cases of infection were recorded, including four lethal ones. The outbreak was stopped by eradicating the environmental sources: a contaminated milk bank pasteuriser and bottle warmer.
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Département de périnatologie, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Nantes, France.
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Debillon
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Gournay
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Espaze
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Roze
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D001903:Bottle Feeding; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D017784:Milk Banks; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013242:Sterilization