Surveillance of surgical site infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and strain characterization in Tanzanian hospitals does not provide proof for a role of hospital water plumbing systems in transmission

Nyambura Moremi1, Heike Claus1, Ulrich Vogel1, Stephen E. Mshana2
1Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Street 2 / Building E1, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany
2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania

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