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Sinus Contamination with Pseudomonas paucimobilis: A Pseudoepidemic Due to Contaminated Irrigation Fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Howard Faden ,
Michael Britt  and
Beverly Epstein
Howard Faden*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York School of Medicine and Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York
Michael Britt
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
Beverly Epstein
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
*
Children's Hospital of Buffalo, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222
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Abstract

During a five-week period, Pseudomonas paucimobilis was isolated from maxillary sinus irrigation washes of four patients who attended an ear, nose and throat clinic. The saline irrigation solution was found to be contaminated with the same organism. Further investigation demonstrated the organism in a majority of hospital sinks surveyed. Although P. paucimobilis was isolated from clinical specimens, the presence of the organism did not appear to have clinical significance [Infect Control 1981; 2(3): 233-235.]

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , June 1981 , pp. 233 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1981

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