| nosocomial outbreak of burkholderia pickettii infection due to a manufactured intravenous product used in three hospitals. | forty-six cases of nosocomial infection caused by burkholderia pickettii were reported between june and november 1993 in three metropolitan hospitals in madrid. a case-control study of the outbreak was conducted to identify its cause. seventy-four percent of the patients were males; the mean age +/- sd of the patients was 54 +/- 20 years. sixty-five percent of the patients presented with some gastrointestinal disorder, and 80% had a peripheral catheter; 98% were treated with intravenous fluids, ... | 1996 | 8783718 |