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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis in Stem Cell Transplantation Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Rosa Fanci ,
Patrizia Pecile ,
Enrico Casalone ,
Alessio Mengoni ,
Elena Tamburini ,
Stefano Guidi ,
Daniela Cecconi ,
Alberto Bosi ,
Pierluigi Nicoletti  and
Giorgio Mastromei
Rosa Fanci*
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Patrizia Pecile
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Microbiology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Enrico Casalone
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Alessio Mengoni
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Elena Tamburini
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Stefano Guidi
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Daniela Cecconi
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Microbiology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Alberto Bosi
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Pierluigi Nicoletti
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Microbiology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Giorgio Mastromei
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
*
Dipartimento di Ematologia, Viale Morgagni 85, Firenze, 50134, Italy (rfanci@unifi.it)
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Abstract

We report the epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in 6 patients who shared, during different periods, the same 2 rooms of a bone marrow transplantation unit. Phenotypic and molecular analysis of isolates from patients and from the environment strongly suggested a single, environmental source of infection.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 7 , July 2006 , pp. 767 - 770
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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