ملخص
We report a nosocomial outbreak of urinary tract infection by extremely drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, susceptible only to colistin. Infection in three patients followed urodynamic studies. Two of the three patients were children, one of whom also developed urosepsis. The investigation led to detection of contaminated pressure transducers. Genotyping confirmed that patient and transducer isolates were identical. These transducers were not labelled as 'single use only' despite the possibility that contaminated urine may reflux and mix with the fluid in the device. The issue of re-usable versus single-use urodynamic devices is discussed.
اللغة الأصلية | الإنجليزيّة |
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الصفحات (من إلى) | 344-346 |
عدد الصفحات | 3 |
دورية | Journal of Hospital Infection |
مستوى الصوت | 83 |
رقم الإصدار | 4 |
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء | |
حالة النشر | نُشِر - أبريل 2013 |
منشور خارجيًا | نعم |