Fanci Rosa, Pecile Patrizia, Casalone Enrico, Mengoni Alessio, Tamburini Elena, Guidi Stefano, Cecconi Daniela, Bosi Alberto, Nicoletti Pierluigi, Mastromei Giorgio
Department of Hematology, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Jul;27(7):767-70. doi: 10.1086/504449. Epub 2006 Jun 19.
We report the epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in 6 patients who shared, during different periods, the same 2 rooms of a bone marrow transplantation unit. Phenotypic and molecular analysis of isolates from patients and from the environment strongly suggested a single, environmental source of infection.