Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-xfwgj Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-23T22:43:21.612Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Pseudo-outbreak of Pseudomonas putida Respiratory Infection Caused by Laboratory Contamination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Caroline Neulier ,
Nelly Breton ,
Béatrice Pangon ,
Alban Le Monnier ,
Matthieu Henry-Lagarrigue ,
Cécile Dujon  and
Jacques Merrer
Caroline Neulier
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
Nelly Breton
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
Béatrice Pangon
Affiliation:
Microbiology Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
Alban Le Monnier
Affiliation:
Microbiology Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
Matthieu Henry-Lagarrigue
Affiliation:
Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
Cécile Dujon
Affiliation:
Pulmonology Department, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
Jacques Merrer*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France
*
Service de prévention du risque infectieux, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, 177 Rue de Versailles, 78157 Le Chesnay cedex (jmerrer@ch-versailles.fr)
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , May 2011 , pp. 523 - 525
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

References

1. Anaissie, E, Fainstein, V, Miller, P, et al. Pseudomonas putida: newly recognized pathogen in patients with cancer. Am J Med 1987;82(6):1191–1194.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2. Macfarlane, L, Oppenheim, BA, Lorrigan, P. Septicaemia and septic arthritis due to Pseudomonas putida in a neutropenic patient. J Infect 1991;23(3):346–347.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3. Souza Dias, MB, Habert, AB, Borrasca, V, et al. Salvage of long-term central venous catheters during an outbreak of Pseudomonas putida and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections associated with contaminated heparin catheter-lock solution. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008;29(2):125–130.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
4. Bouallègue, O, Mzoughi, R, Weill, F-X, et al. Outbreak of Pseudomonas putida bacteraemia in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Hosp Infect 2004;57(1):88–91.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
5. Perz, JF, Craig, AS, Stratton, CW, Bodner, SJ, Phillips, WE Jr, Schaffner, W. Pseudomonas putida septicemia in a special care nursery due to contaminated flush solutions prepared in a hospital pharmacy. J Clin Microbiol 2005;43(10):5316–5318.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6. Zafar, AB. Pseudo-epidemic in an acute-care teaching hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998;19(10):739–740.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7. Romney, M, Sherlock, C, Stephens, G, Clarke, A. Pseudo-outbreak of Pseudomonas putida in a hospital outpatient clinic originating from a contaminated commercial anti-fog solution-Vancouver, British Columbia. Can Commun Dis Rep 2000;26(21):183–184.Google Scholar
8. Don Whidey Scientific. WASP 2 user manual. Shipley, UK: Don Whitley Scientific, 2001.Google Scholar
9. Weinstein, RA, Stamm, WE. Pseudoepidemics in hospital. Lancet 1977;310(8043):862–864.CrossRefGoogle Scholar