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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA INFECTION IN HOSPITALS: 2. “FINGERPRINTING” OF PS. AERUGINOSA STRAINS IN A STUDY OF CROSS–INFECTION IN A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
Deighton Margaret A.,
Tagg J. R.,
Mushin Rose
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87929.x
Subject(s) - pseudomonas aeruginosa , epidemiology , cross infection , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , intensive care medicine , bacteria , genetics
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.