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1 An outbreak of hospital-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection caused by contaminated bottled water in intensive care units  T. Eckmanns, M. Oppert, M. Martin, R. Amorosa, I. Zuschneid, U. Frei, H. Rüden, K. Weist  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages (May 2008) DOI: /j x Copyright © 2008 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients in the six intensive care units (ICUs) before the outbreak (weeks 1–42), during the outbreak (weeks 43–48) and after the outbreak (weeks 49–52) (black, 196 non-outbreak isolates; white, 19 outbreak isolates). Patients were counted once only. The arrow marks the point at which the bottled still water was removed from the ICUs. The outbreak took place during spring. Clinical Microbiology and Infection  , DOI: ( /j x) Copyright © 2008 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions


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