Post-Outbreak Investigation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Faucet Contamination by Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction and Environmental Factors Affecting Positivity.

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To perform a post-outbreak prospective study of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination at the faucets (water, aerator and drain) by culture and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and to assess environmental factors influencing occurrence

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Title: Infection control and hospital epidemiology

ISSN (Electronic): 1559-6834

ISSN (Print): 0899-823X

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2015

Volume: 36

Issue: 11

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[1 ] 1Department of Civil Engineering,Polytechnique Montréal,Montréal,QC,Canada.

[2 ] 3Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Infection Control),CHU Ste-Justine,Université de Montréal,Montréal,QC,Canada.

[3 ] 2INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier,Laval,QC,Canada.

[4 ] 4Nursing Care Division,CHU Ste-Justine,Montréal,QC,Canada.

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Publisher Item ID: S0899823X15001683

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.168

PubMed ID: 26190556

SO-VID: f166bf35-7487-4a99-a8be-ac5f42c33fea

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