Intensive Care Medicine

, Volume 32, Issue 8, pp 1271–1271 | Cite as

Magnetic valves as a source of faucet contamination with Pseudomonas aeruginosa?

  • Philippe Berthelot
  • François Chord
  • Franck Mallaval
  • Florence Grattard
  • Didier Brajon
  • Bruno Pozzetto
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Keywords

Intensive Care Unit Water Sample Pseudomonas Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Philippe Berthelot
    • 1
    • 2
  • François Chord
    • 3
  • Franck Mallaval
    • 1
  • Florence Grattard
    • 2
  • Didier Brajon
    • 3
  • Bruno Pozzetto
    • 2
  1. 1.Infection Control Unit, Infectious Diseases Department, GIMAP, EA 3064University of Saint-EtienneSaint-EtienneFrance
  2. 2.Laboratory of Microbiology, GIMAP, EA 3064University of Saint-EtienneSaint-EtienneFrance
  3. 3.Technical UnitUniversity Hospital of Saint-EtienneSaint-EtienneFrance

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