Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection isolates in a non-outbreak setting.

CONCLUSION: The non-clonal population structure suggests that there is ongoing environmental exposure of inpatients to P. aeruginosa. In clinical areas dealing with at-risk patients, routine attention to mechanism of environmental colonization is important and should be addressed even in the non-outbreak setting.
PMID: 28260586 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - February 28, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: McCarthy KL, Kidd TJ, Paterson DL Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research