Bioburden and transmission of pathogenic bacteria through elevator channel during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: application of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for characterization of clonal strains.
CONCLUSION: Identity of P. aeruginosa strains among the bile and elevator channel samples showed possibility of cross-contamination among patients even at distinct time intervals.
PMID: 30957585 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - Category: Medical Devices Tags: Expert Rev Med Devices Source Type: research
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