EndemicPseudomonas aeruginosaInfection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Open Access
- 7 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 343 (10), 695-700
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200009073431004
Abstract
Nosocomial infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been well described, but the environmental reservoir of the organism varies. We conducted an epidemiologic and molecular investigation of endemic P. aeruginosa infection among infants in a neonatal intensive care unit that was associated with carriage of the organisms on the hands of health care workers.Keywords
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