Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 48, Issue 10, Pages 1267-1269Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.01.018
Keywords
Sphingomonas paucimobilis; Hospital infections; Infection Control; Chronic kidney failure; Catheter related bacteriemia
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Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an emerging aerobic, nonfermenting gram-negative, opportunistic bacterium involved in many healthcare-associated infections. We herein report the first outbreak of S paucimobilis catheter related bacteriemia occurred on the same day in 3 patients sharing a dialysis room. This report suggests that S paucimobilis could represent a further emerging cause of rapidly spreading healthcare-associated infections, and highlights the importance of a high level of surveillance and control measures. (C) 2020 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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