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Mode of Transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Burn Unit and an Intensive Care Unit in a General Hospital

Published:1972-02 Issue:2 Volume:23 Page:309-312
ISSN:0003-6919
Container-title:Applied Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Microbiol

Author:

Kominos Spyros D.¹²,Copeland Charles E.¹²,Grosiak Barbara¹²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pathology, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

2. General Surgery, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

Abstract

The transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was studied in the burn unit and the intensive care unit of a 650-bed hospital. There was a tendency among patients in the burn unit to yield more than one type of P. aeruginosa , and several patients shared the same types at a particular point in time, suggesting cross-contamination among patients. Similar observations were made in the intensive care unit. Cultures from the hands of nurses caring for these patients yielded the same types of P. aeruginosa , suggesting the direct handling of patients by the nursing personnel to be the principal mode of transmission.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/am.23.2.309-312.1972

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