Severe cutaneous aspergillosis in a premature neonate linked to nonsterile disposable glove contamination?
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After having eliminated a dysfunction of the hospital's ventilation system and any other possible environmental reservoir, the investigation of a fatal case of primary cutaneous aspergillosis in a neonate with extremely low birth weight led to the conclusion that nonsterile disposable gloves kept stored in their native packages were the likely source of contamination.
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Bacterial contamination of nonsterile disposable gloves before use.
BACKGROUND After Bacillus cereus recovery in opened boxes of disposable gloves, the bacteriological contamination of disposable nonsterile gloves kept stored in native packages was investigated prospectively. METHODS Thirty-six commercially available nonsterile nonpowdered disposable gloves made of latex, vinyl, or nitrile were cultured. RESULTS A large variety of spore-forming and non-spor...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- American journal of infection control
دوره 40 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012