title: Outbreak of Pseudomonas fluorescens bloodstream infection in a coronary care unit.
abstract: An outbreak of Pseudomonas fluorescens infection in six patients in a coronary care unit was associated with a source not previously reported, namely the ice bath used for cardiac output determinations. Outbreaks of pseudobacteraemia caused by P. fluorescens and occasional blood transfusion-associated bloodstream infection (BSI) have been described. However, during the last two decades, two outbreaks of P. fluorescens BSI have been described and this article reports a third. Isolation of P. fluorescens in blood cultures must alert clinicians to the possibility of contamination of infusate, lock solutions or catheter flush.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. nbenito@santpau.cat
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benito
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mirelis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luz Gálvez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López-Contreras
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cotura
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pomar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: March
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coll
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gurguí
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D055815:Young Adult