Exogenous Sources of<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>in Intensive Care Unit Patients Implementation of Infection Control Measures and Follow-Up With Molecular Typing

Abstract

These results suggest that infection control measures were effective in decreasing the rate of P. aeruginosa colonization and infection in ICU patients, confirming that P. aeruginosa strains were of exogenous origin in a substantial proportion of patients during the preintervention period.