A plasma expander-related Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak.
Nine patients developed P. aeruginosa bloodstream infection (BSI) in a neurosurgical intensive care unit (NSICU) during a 2-month period. Environmental strains were isolated from a plasma-expander solution and tap water. All clinical and plasma-expander strains displayed the same PFGE pattern, whereas the water strains were unrelated to the outbreak.
Orsi
Giovanni B
GB
Department of Public Health Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. giovanni.orsi@uniroma1.it
Villari
Paolo
P
Mondillo
Vanessa
V
Fabiani
Massimo
M
Marzuillo
Carolina
C
Penni
Adrio
A
Venditti
Mario
M
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005780:Gelatin / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010952:Plasma Substitutes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D010952:Plasma Substitutes; D005780:Gelatin