Outbreak of Multi-Drug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection in the Haematology Unit of a South African Academic Hospital

• Maanda Mudau,

  Affiliations Centre for Tropical, Opportunistic and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, South African Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Programme, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Health Systems & Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Rachael Jacobson,

  Affiliation Centre for Tropical, Opportunistic and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Nadia Minenza,

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Lazarus Kuonza,

  Affiliations South African Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Programme, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Health Systems & Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Vida Morris,

  Affiliation Provincial Government of Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Heather Engelbrecht,

  Affiliation Provincial Government of Western Cape Department of Health, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Mark P. Nicol,

  Affiliations Centre for Tropical, Opportunistic and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Colleen Bamford

  * E-mail: colleen.bamford@nhls.ac.za

  Affiliations Centre for Tropical, Opportunistic and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa, Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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