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doi:10.22028/D291-36537 | Title: | Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex infections associated with contaminated octenidine mouthwash solution, Germany, August to September 2018 |
| Author(s): | Becker, Sören L. Berger, Fabian K. Feldner, Susanne K. Karliova, Irem Haber, Manfred Mellmann, Alexander Schäfers, Hans-Joachim Gärtner, Barbara |
| Language: | English |
| Title: | Eurosurveillance |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 42 |
| Publisher/Platform: | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| DDC notations: | 610 Medicine and health |
| Publikation type: | Journal Article |
| Abstract: | Three German patients developed nosocomial pneumonia after cardiac surgery and had Burkholderia cepacia complex detected in respiratory specimens. Two patients died of septic multi-organ failure. Wholegenome sequencing detected genetically identical B. cepacia complex strains in patient samples, from a batch of octenidine mouthwash solution, which had been used for nursing care, as well as in samples obtained from the manufacturer during production. Contamination of medical products during manufacturing may lead to international outbreaks. |
| DOI of the first publication: | 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.42.1800540 |
| URL of the first publication: | https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.42.1800540 |
| Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-365371 hdl:20.500.11880/33190 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-36537 |
| ISSN: | 1560-7917 |
| Date of registration: | 22-Jun-2022 |
| Faculty: | M - Medizinische Fakultät |
| Department: | M - Chirurgie M - Infektionsmedizin M - Innere Medizin |
| Professorship: | M - Prof. Dr. Sören Becker M - Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schäfers M - Keiner Professur zugeordnet |
| Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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