| infections and pseudoinfections due to povidone-iodine solution contaminated with pseudomonas cepacia. | in 1989 we investigated the first instance of pseudomonas cepacia infections due to intrinsic contamination of a povidone-iodine product. six patients in a texas pediatric facility had p. cepacia infection or pseudoinfection (three, peritonitis; one, pseudoperitonitis; and two, pseudobacteremia). epidemiological studies showed one risk factor for infection of peritoneal fluid with p. cepacia: performance of peritoneal dialysis in the dialysis unit with use of one lot of povidone-iodine later fou ... | 1992 | 1376156 |