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Contamination of a milk bank pasteuriser causing a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

¹ Département de périnatologie, Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Nantes, France
² Unité Opérationnelle d’Hygiène hospitalière, CHU Nantes
³ Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU Nantes

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Dr Roze, Service de réanimation pédiatrique et néonatale, Hôpital Mère Enfant, 9 quai Moncousu, 44099 Nantes Cedex, France;
jeanchristophe.roze{at}chu-nantes.fr

ABSTRACT
An environmental investigation and a cohort study were carried out to analyse an outbreak of infection caused by a serotype O10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit. Thirty one cases of infection were recorded, including four lethal ones. The outbreak was stopped by eradicating the environmental sources: a contaminated milk bank pasteuriser and bottle warmer.

Keywords: nosocomial infection; milk contamination; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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