Mode of transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a burn unit and an intensive care unit in a general hospital.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 23 ·No. 2 ·1972-02-00 ·Pages 309-12

Kominos SD, Copeland CE, Grosiak B

Abstract

The transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was studied in the burn unit and the intensive care unit of a 650-bed hospital. There was a tendency among patients in the burn unit to yield more than one type of P. aeruginosa, and several patients shared the same types at a particular point in time, suggesting cross-contamination among patients. Similar observations were made in the intensive care unit. Cultures from the hands of nurses caring for these patients yielded the same types of P. aeruginosa, suggesting the direct handling of patients by the nursing personnel to be the principal mode of transmission.

MeSH Terms

Bacteriocins/analysis Burns/complications,microbiology Cross Infection/etiology Female Hand/microbiology Hospital Departments Hospitals, General Humans Intensive Care Units Nurses Nursing Staff, Hospital Pseudomonas Infections/etiology Pseudomonas aeruginosa/analysis,classification,isolation & purification

Chemicals

Bacteriocins

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Kominos S D

Copeland C E

Grosiak B

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.23.2.309-312.1972

Published

1972-02-00

Pages

309-12

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC380336

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.23.2.309-312.1972 PMC Full Text

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