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Elsevier, American Journal of Infection Control, 9(41), p. e93-e96

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.024

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An outbreak of Burkholderia cenocepacia associated with contaminated chlorhexidine solutions prepared in the hospital

Journal article published in 2013 by Shinwon Lee ORCID, Seung Woo Han, Gunwoo Kim, Do Young Song, Je Chul Lee, Ki Tae Kwon
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Abstract

From October to December 2007, an outbreak of Burkholderia cenocepacia occurred in a secondary care hospital. The 19 B cenocepacia isolated from the patients, the chlorhexidine solutions of each different ward, and the purified water that diluted these solutions exhibited an identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern. Inadequate preparation of chlorhexidine solutions diluted with contaminated purified water may have resulted in an outbreak of B cenocepacia. Adequate preparation of chlorhexidine solutions should be emphasized.