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Septicemia Caused by Contaminated Parenteral Nutrition Pouches: The Refrigerator as an Unusual Cause
Author(s) -
Dugleux Georges,
Le Coutour Xavier,
Hecquard Claudine,
Oblin Isabelle
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607191015004474
Subject(s) - enterobacter cloacae , parenteral nutrition , contamination , medicine , intensive care medicine , enterobacteriaceae , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , ecology , escherichia coli , gene
Eleven patients in a hospital presented with septicemia caused by Enterobacter cloacae. The origin was the contamination of parenteral nutrition admixture from a resting place in the refrigerator of the parenteral mixture preparation room. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 15: 474–475, 1991)