| [tattooing dyes and pigments contaminated with bacteria]. | obtaining a tattoo has become increasingly popular in recent years. however, the degree to which tattooing represents a health risk in the form of infections is still a matter of debate. the aim of the present study was to investigate the microbial content of tattooing dyes and pigments (colourants). | 2004 | 15060640 |
| [cystic fibrosis in the western health region]. | 78 patients with cystic fibrosis have been diagnosed in western norway (health region 3) since 1960. 31 were born before 1971 (40%). 44 patients were born in the county of hordaland (62%), including the city of bergen where the western cystic fibrosis centre is located. 24 (31%) patients were born in rogaland, and five (7%) in sogn & fjordane. 12 patients have died, 9 of them born before 1971 (survival in this cohort of patients is 71%). during two decades from 1971 to 1990, 3 out of 33 patients ... | 2000 | 10833914 |
| does pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization influence morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit patient? experience from an outbreak caused by contaminated oral swabs. | contaminated oral swabs caused a nationwide monoclonal pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak involving 27 norwegian hospitals. the aim of the study was to study the consequences on mortality and morbidity of the introduction of this p. aeruginosa strain to intensive care unit (icu) patients. | 2006 | 16987339 |
| pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination of mouth swabs during production causing a major outbreak. | in 2002 we investigated an outbreak comprising 231 patients in norway, caused by pseudomonas aeruginosa and linked to the use of contaminated mouth swabs called dent-o-sept. here we describe the extent of contamination of the swabs, and identify critical points in the production process that made the contamination possible, in order to prevent future outbreaks. | 2007 | 17355630 |