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Peripheral Venous Catheter and Bloodstream Infection Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa after a Contaminated Preoperative Shower

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sara Romano ,
Alice Bourdier ,
Sylvie Parer ,
Agnès Masnou ,
Lydie Burgel ,
F. Raczka ,
Brigitte Lamy ,
Estelle Jumas-Bilak  and
Anne Lotthé
Sara Romano
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119, Équipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France Département d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Alice Bourdier
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119, Équipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France Département d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Agnès Masnou
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119, Équipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France
Lydie Burgel
Affiliation:
Département d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
F. Raczka
Affiliation:
Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Brigitte Lamy
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119, Équipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Estelle Jumas-Bilak*
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119, Équipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France Département d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Anne Lotthé
Affiliation:
Unité Mixte de Recherche 5119, Équipe Pathogènes et Environnements, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France Département d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
*
Unite Mixte de Recherche 5119, Equipe Pathogenes et Environnements, 15 Avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France (ebilak@univ-montpl.fr)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 5: Special Topic Issue: The Role of the Environment in Infection Prevention , May 2013 , pp. 544 - 546
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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