Burkholderia cepacia complex outbreak originating from contaminated wash gloves

Summary: Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates were detected from four patients who were admitted to the heart centre of southern Switzerland, between April and June 2019. An outbreak investigation was conducted. The three available patient samples were whole genome sequenced, showing that they all...

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Main Authors: Elia Lo Priore, Stefano Bernasconi, Hervè Schlotterbeck, Helena MB. Seth-Smith, Adrian Egli, Gladys Martinetti, Carlo Balmelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Infection Prevention in Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590088920300032