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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 44(10): 1683-1685, 2023 10.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36775899
RESUMO
An outbreak investigation was initiated after detecting an increase in the number of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infections (SM-BSIs) througout the hospital. S. maltophilia was isolated from the cultures of blood-gas injectors containing liquid heparin. The incidence density of SM-BSIs decreased significantly after prohibiting the use of those injectors.