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- Title
Pseudobacteremia Attributed to Contamination of Povidone-lodine with Pseudomonas cepacia.
- Authors
Berkelman, Ruth L.; Lewin, Sharon; Allen, James R.; Anderson, Roger L.; Budnick, Lawrence D.; Shapiro, Stanley; Friedman, Stephen M.; Nicholas, Peter; Holzman, Robert S.; Haley, Robert W.
- Abstract
Presents the findings of an epidemiologic investigation concerning the recovery of Pseudomonas cepacia from the blood cultures of several patients in four hospitals in New York from April through October 1980. Details on povidone-iodine solution as the source of contamination; Role of physicians on the contamination; Comparison of the iodine concentrations between contaminated Pharmadine solutions and povidone-iodine solutions distributed by manufacturers.
- Subjects
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; PSEUDOMONAS; POVIDONE-iodine; CULTURE contamination (Biology)
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1981, Vol 95, Issue 1, p32
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-95-1-32