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An Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia With Septicemia on a Cardiology Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Frank van Laer ,
David Raes ,
Peter Vandamme ,
Christine Lammens ,
Jean Paul Sion ,
Chris Vrints ,
Jozef Snoeck  and
Herman Goossens
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Abstract

During a 3-day period, eight patients developed septicemia with Burkholderia cepacia. Heparin injection was found to be a risk factor. Heparin was diluted with dextrose solution, which was aspirated from a 1-L bag. B cepacia, genotypically identical to the blood isolates, was isolated from this bag.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , February 1998 , pp. 112 - 113
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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