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Isolation efficiency and its clinical importance in patients with burns

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Nine severely burned patients were submitted to reverse isolation in a mass airflow system. Their burns became colonized by Enterobacteriaceae biotypes which were not found in the patients own flora on admission. They were, therefore, probably derived from the food which was obtained from the central kitchen. These strains did not cause bacteriaemia. Suggestions to improve the isolation efficiency are made.

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  1. Central Bacteriological Laboratory Department, Regional Laboratory for Public Health, P.O. Box 333, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    W. D. H. Hendriks

  2. Burn Unit Zuiderziekenhuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    M. Cech & P. Kooy

  3. Radiobiological Institute TNO, Rijswijk Z.-H, The Netherlands

    W. D. H. Hendriks

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Hendriks, W.D.H., Cech, M. & Kooy, P. Isolation efficiency and its clinical importance in patients with burns. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 47, 247–254 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403396

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