title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis in stem cell transplantation patients.
abstract: We report the epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in 6 patients who shared, during different periods, the same 2 rooms of a bone marrow transplantation unit. Phenotypic and molecular analysis of isolates from patients and from the environment strongly suggested a single, environmental source of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy. rfanci@unifi.it
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fanci
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pecile
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casalone
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mengoni
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tamburini
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guidi
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cecconi
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bosi
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mastromei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*