Author:
Douce Richard W.,Zurita Jeannete,Sanchez Olga,Aldaz Paul Cardenas
Abstract
An outbreak of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections was reported in a hospital in Ecuador. Commercially produced ampoules of water for injection were found to be contaminated withBurkholderia cepaciaandMyroides odoratus.Removal of these ampoules yielded a 10-fold reduction in the incidence of catheter-associated infection.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology
Cited by
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