Peripheral venous catheter and bloodstream infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa after a contaminated preoperative shower

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 May;34(5):544-6. doi: 10.1086/670221.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Baths / adverse effects*
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects
  • Catheters / microbiology
  • Equipment Contamination* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Preoperative Period
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa*
  • Toilet Facilities

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents