Eleven patients in a hospital presented with septicemia caused by Enterobacter cloacae. The origin was the contamination of parenteral nutrition admixture from a resting place in the refrigerator of the parenteral mixture preparation room. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 15:474-475, 1991)
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