EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA INFECTION IN HOSPITALS: 2. “FINGERPRINTING” OF PS. AERUGINOSA STRAINS IN A STUDY OF CROSS–INFECTION IN A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
- 1 April 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 1 (17) , 892-896
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87929.x
Abstract
Pyocine typing of Pseudomonas æruginosa proved to be a useful epidemiological marker to indicate cross‐infection in a pædiatric hospital. Serotyping and phage typing provided additional subdivisions of the pyocine types. It was shown that patients with symptoms of infection or carriers, and also inanimate objects in a ward environment provided an infective reservoir, and that contaminated hands of nurses could contribute to the spread of infection.Keywords
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