Abstract
Cupriavidus pauculus is a water microorganism rarely isolated from clinical specimens. We describe a pseudo-outbreak in which multiple strains that were associated with moistening of culturette swabs with tap water were isolated from a single clinic before collecting the patient specimen.
MeSH terms
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Ambulatory Care Facilities*
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Cluster Analysis
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Cupriavidus / genetics
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Cupriavidus / isolation & purification*
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Disease Outbreaks
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections*
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Humans
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Skin / microbiology
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Specimen Handling / methods*
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Water Microbiology*
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Water Supply*