Open AccessMonoclonal outbreak of Ralstonia solanacearum catheter-related bloodstream infection associated with contaminated package of normal saline solution in a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Özlem Güzel Tunçcan,
Murat Dizbay,
Hasan Selçuk Özger,
Sidre Erganiş,
Fatma Nur Aksakal,
Meltem Yalınay,
Gülendam Bozdayı,
Kayhan Çağlar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2010-121
Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , catheter , saline , microbiology and biotechnology , ralstonia solanacearum , surgery , virology , pathogen , biology , immunology
Ralstonia solanacearum is a very rare cause of infection in humans. There is no described nosocomial outbreak due to R. solanacearum so far. We determined R. solanacearum as the source of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) outbreak.