Outbreak of Achromobacter xylosoxidans pseudobacteremia in a neonatal care unit related to contaminated chlorhexidine solution

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Jun;26(6):435-7. doi: 10.1007/s10096-007-0311-7.

Authors

J Molina-Cabrillana¹, C Santana-Reyes, A González-García, A Bordes-Benítez, I Horcajada

Affiliation

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Avenida Marítima del sur s/n, 35016, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 17516103
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0311-7

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Achromobacter denitrificans / isolation & purification*
Bacteremia / epidemiology
Chlorhexidine
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / microbiology
Disease Outbreaks*
Drug Contamination*
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male

Substances

Chlorhexidine