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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5741, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5741.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Pseudomonas Cross-Infection from Cystic Fibrosis Patients to Non-Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Implications for Inpatient Care of Respiratory Patients

P. Robinson,1* R. Carzino,1 D. Armstrong,2 and A. Olinsky1

Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital,1 Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia2

Received 14 July 2003/ Returned for modification 25 July 2003/ Accepted 27 August 2003

A 14-year-old boy with bronchiectasis secondary to chronic aspiration developed multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa lower respiratory disease following several inpatient periods where accommodation and physiotherapy services were shared with cystic fibrosis (CF) patients known to be infected with the genetically identical strain of P. aeruginosa. Cross-infection with P. aeruginosa between CF patients and non-CF patients has not previously been described, and this finding raises significant issues relevant to the treatment of patients with non-CF suppurative lung disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia. Phone: 61-3-9345 5818. Fax: 61-3-9349 1289. E-mail: philrob{at}rch.org.au.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5741, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5741.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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