title: Post‒cataract surgery endophthalmitis outbreak caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: In June 2010, a severe outbreak of 13 cases of post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurred. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis in eye isolates found 95% genetic similarity; however, extensive environmental and carriage investigation revealed no source of infection.
authors: Department for Interventions in Health Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece. helen-maltezou@ath.forthnet.gr
authors: Helena C
authors: HC
authors: Maltezou
authors: Olga
authors: O
authors: Pappa
authors: Georgios
authors: G
authors: Nikolopoulos
authors: Lemonia
authors: L
authors: Ftika
authors: Antonios
authors: A
authors: Maragos
authors: Helen
authors: H
authors: Kaitsa
authors: Efthimia
authors: E
authors: Protonotariou
authors: Eudoxia
authors: E
authors: Diza
authors: Nikolaos
authors: N
authors: Georgiadis
authors: Alkiviadis
authors: A
authors: Vatopoulos
authors: Pavlos
authors: P
authors: Nicolaidis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*