title: Enteral tube hub as a reservoir for transmissible enteric bacteria.
abstract: Enteral feeding is a risk factor for cross transmission of microbes. Administration set tubing can be colonized by organisms present in the enteral tube hub; molecular typing has demonstrated genetic relatedness of enteric bacteria isolated from both sites. Strict attention to infection control measures is imperative when handling enteral feed apparatuses.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. anne.matlow@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matlow
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wray
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Streitenberger
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kovach
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans