An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa because of inadequate disinfection procedures in a urology unit: A pulsedfield gel electrophoresis-based epidemiologic study

Kayabas, ÜNER; Bayraktar, Mehmet; OTLU, BARIŞ; Ugras, Murat; ERSOY, YASEMİN; BAYINDIR, YAŞAR; Durmaz, Riza

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2007.03.003

An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa because of inadequate disinfection procedures in a urology unit: A pulsedfield gel electrophoresis-based epidemiologic study

Kayabas U., Bayraktar M., OTLU B., Ugras M., ERSOY Y., BAYINDIR Y., ...Daha Fazla

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, cilt.36, sa.1, ss.33-38, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2008
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.03.003
Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.33-38
İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen causing nosocomial infections in many hospitals. We aimed to investigate the source of urinary tract infections by determining clonal relationship of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).