Artículo
Nosocomial outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis
Autor/es | Mateos, I.
Valencia, R. Torres Sánchez, María José Cantos, A. Conde Herrera, Manuel Aznar Martín, Javier |
Departamento | Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS) Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Microbiología |
Fecha de publicación | 2006-11-01 |
Fecha de depósito | 2017-06-19 |
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Resumen | We describe an outbreak of nosocomial endophthalmitis due to a common source, which was determined to be trypan blue solution prepared in the hospital's pharmacy service. We assume that viable bacteria probably gained ... We describe an outbreak of nosocomial endophthalmitis due to a common source, which was determined to be trypan blue solution prepared in the hospital's pharmacy service. We assume that viable bacteria probably gained access to the trypan blue stock solution during cooling after autoclaving. The temporal cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis was readily perceived on the basis of clinical and microbiological findings, and an exogenous source of contamination was unequivocally identified by means of DNA fingerprinting. © 2006 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. |
Cita | Mateos, I., Valencia, R., Torres Sánchez, M.J., Cantos, A., Conde Herrera, M. y Aznar Martín, J. (2006). Nosocomial outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 27 (11), 1249-1251. |
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