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Tap Water Colonization With Psmdomonas aeruginosa in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Relation to Psmdomonas Infections of ICU Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Matthias Trautmann ,
Thomas Michalsky ,
Heidemarie Wiedeck ,
Vladan Radosavljevic  and
Markus Ruhnke
Matthias Trautmann*
Affiliation:
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Trautmann, Radosavljevic
Thomas Michalsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Trautmann, Radosavljevic
Heidemarie Wiedeck
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Anaesthesiology, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
Vladan Radosavljevic
Affiliation:
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Trautmann, Radosavljevic
Markus Ruhnke
Affiliation:
Department of Oncology and Hematology, Virchow Hospital, Charite, Berlin, Germany
*
Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Steinhövelstraße 9, D-89075 Ulm, Germany
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Abstract

Water faucets on a surgical intensive care ward were examined prospectively as a source of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. All water outlets harbored distinct genotypes of P aeruginosa over prolonged time periods. Over a period of 7 months, 5 (29%) of 17 patients were infected with P aeruginosa genotypes also detectable in tap water.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 49 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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