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1: Crit Care. 2008;12(1):115. Epub 2008 Feb 20.
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More than skin deep: moisturizing body milk and Burkholderia cepacia.

Irwin AE, Price CS.

Alvarez-Lerma and colleagues observed over an 18-day period that five critically ill patients admitted to a multidisciplinary 18-bed intensive care unit contracted Burkholderia cepacia from unopened containers of moisturizing body milk, calling into question the use in critical care settings of cosmetic products that do not guarantee sterilization during the manufacturing process. Is this the answer to the problem, however, or should the use of lotions in such settings be re-examined?

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