Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery room
We report an outbreak Bacillus cereus causing postpartum bacteraemia in the maternity ward and delivery room. Spores transferred by the hands and gloves of the staff in the maternity ward contaminated equipment in these two areas. Keywords: Bacillus cereus, bacteremia, maternity ward, sterilization
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| author | P. Xaplanteri A. Chondroleou F. Kolonitsiou A. Skintzi E.D. Anastassiou M. Marangos I. Spiliopoulou |
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| description | We report an outbreak Bacillus cereus causing postpartum bacteraemia in the maternity ward and delivery room. Spores transferred by the hands and gloves of the staff in the maternity ward contaminated equipment in these two areas. Keywords: Bacillus cereus, bacteremia, maternity ward, sterilization |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8735edcd3d8b47b7b7577e20f4bd6c6d2022-12-22T03:21:04ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752019-05-0129Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery roomP. Xaplanteri0A. Chondroleou1F. Kolonitsiou2A. Skintzi3E.D. Anastassiou4M. Marangos5I. Spiliopoulou6Department of Microbiology, Patras, GreeceDivision of Infectious Diseases, University General Hospital of Patras, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Microbiology, Patras, GreeceDivision of Infectious Diseases, University General Hospital of Patras, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Microbiology, Patras, GreeceDivision of Infectious Diseases, University General Hospital of Patras, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Microbiology, Patras, Greece; Corresponding author: I. Spiliopoulou, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras 26504, Greece.We report an outbreak Bacillus cereus causing postpartum bacteraemia in the maternity ward and delivery room. Spores transferred by the hands and gloves of the staff in the maternity ward contaminated equipment in these two areas. Keywords: Bacillus cereus, bacteremia, maternity ward, sterilizationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205229751930006X |
| spellingShingle | P. Xaplanteri A. Chondroleou F. Kolonitsiou A. Skintzi E.D. Anastassiou M. Marangos I. Spiliopoulou Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery room New Microbes and New Infections |
| title | Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery room |
| title_full | Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery room |
| title_fullStr | Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery room |
| title_full_unstemmed | Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery room |
| title_short | Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery room |
| title_sort | postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to bacillus cereus in the delivery room |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205229751930006X |
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