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. 1999 Sep;37(9):3065–3067. doi: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.3065-3067.1999

TABLE 2.

Epidemiological links between environmental, personnel, and patient strains of RGN from two SICU

Species and strain No. of isolates (site[s]a)
Environment Personnel Patients
A. lwoffii
 AW-1 10 (all S) 1 (G) 0
 AW-2 to AW-6 1 (C, B, S, S, S) 0 0
 AW-7 and AW-8 0 1 (H) 0
E. cloacae
 EC-1 3 (B, S, S) 1 (G) 1 (O)
 EC-2 1 (S) 0 0
 EC-3 4 (all S) 0 0
 EC-4 1 (B) 0 1 (R)
 EC-5 1 (S) 0 1 (R)
 EC-6 1 (S) 0 1 (R)
 EC-7 0 1 (H) 0
P. aeruginosa
 PA-1 1 (S) 0 0
 PA-2 2 (all S) 0 1 (O)
 PA-3 1 (S) 0 0
 PA-4 2 (S, T) 0 0
 PA-5 1 (S) 0 0
Stenotrophomonas spp.
 S-1 1 (B) 0 0
 S-2 1 (S) 0 1 (R)
 S-3 2 (all S) 0 0
a

B, bed rail; T, table; S, sink; G, gown; H, hand; O, oropharynx; R, rectum.