[HTML][HTML] Ralstonia pickettii bloodstream infections with potential genomic link to internationally distributed contaminated saline solution, Germany, October 2023

M Krone, V Rauschenberger, V Blaschke… - …, 2024 - eurosurveillance.org
Ralstonia pickettii is a Gram-negative rod which may cause invasive infections when they
contaminate liquid medical products. After R. pickettii was detected in blood cultures and a …

Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii associated with contamination of saline products distributed internationally, the United Kingdom, 2024

M Saunders, A Weaver, R Stretch… - …, 2024 - eurosurveillance.org
We describe an outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii in the United Kingdom, with isolates
genetically indistinguishable from a 2023 Australian outbreak linked to internationally …

An outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bloodstream infection associated with an intrinsically contaminated normal saline solution

YY Chen, WT Huang, CP Chen, SM Sun… - infection control & …, 2017 - cambridge.org
OBJECTIVERalstonia pickettii has caused contamination of pharmaceutical solutions in
many countries, resulting in healthcare infections or outbreak events. We determined the …

[HTML][HTML] An outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bloodstream infection among pediatric leukemia patients

TB Demirdag, A Ozkaya-Parlakay, F Bayrakdar… - Journal of Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Ralstonia pickettii is an opportunistic waterborne microbe which can survive in
many kinds of solutions. Contamination of these solutions may result as outbreaks, which …

An outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bloodstream infection and clinical outcomes

Ş Menekşe, D Hacıseyitoğlu, SS Yıldız… - The Journal of Infection in …, 2022 - jidc.org
Introduction: Ralstonia pickettii infections are rare and may be mistaken for other bacteria.
This study aims to report a hospital outbreak of R. pickettii at a tertiary hospital, which was …

[HTML][HTML] Outbreak of Ralstonia bacteraemia among chronic kidney disease patients in a haemodialysis unit in the Philippines

DR Aranas, BA Demot, TPT Cajulao - Western Pacific Surveillance …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ralstonia insidiosa is an opportunistic pathogen considered an emerging problem among
clinically vulnerable populations such as those with chronic kidney disease. This study …

[HTML][HTML] A urokinase-associated outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bloodstream infections in haemodialysis patients in north-eastern Italy, January to April 2023

M Fabricci, A Trinca, L Talotti, M Busetti… - …, 2023 - eurosurveillance.org
An outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bloodstream infections occurred in four hospitals in
north-eastern Italy, involving 20 haemodialysis patients with tunnelled central vascular …

805. Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bacteremia caused by contaminated hydromorphone in a universitary hospital in Bogota, Colombia

SVC Forero, ITO Blanco… - Open Forum …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Ralstonia pickettii are aerobic non fermenter gram negative bacilli isolated in
water and soil. It is related to nosocomial infection outbreaks and considered an …

Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii pseudobacteremia among patients with hematological malignancies

F Barbut, MJ Kosmann, V Lalande… - Infection Control & …, 2006 - cambridge.org
TO THE EDITOR—Ralstonia pickettii (formerly named Burkholderia pickettii) is a
nonfermentative gram-negative bacillus isolated from environmental sources and …

Multistate Nosocomial Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii Colonization Associated with an Intrinsically Contaminated Respiratory Care Solution

JA Labarca, WE Trick, CL Peterson… - Clinical Infectious …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Abstract From 1 February through 30 April 1998, 4 hospitals reported a total of 34 patients
colonized with Ralstonia pickettii. All but 1 had been exposed to 0.9% saline solution …