1. Cluster of pseudoinfections with Burkholderia cepacia associated with a contaminated washer-disinfector in a bronchoscopy unit
- Author
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Violeta Temper, Anna Budin-Mizrahi, Neville Berkman, Colin Block, Ilana Gross, Carlos Hidalgo-Grass, Shmuel Benenson, and Dror Rosengarten
- Subjects
Microbiology (medical) ,Male ,Epidemiology ,Bronchoscopy Unit ,Microbial contamination ,Burkholderia cepacia ,Microbiology ,Disease Outbreaks ,Bronchoscopy ,medicine ,Humans ,Bronchoscopes ,Israel ,Academic Medical Centers ,Cross Infection ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,Burkholderia Infections ,Contamination ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,Disinfection ,Burkholderia cepacia complex ,Infectious Diseases ,Bronchoalveolar lavage ,Burkholderia ,Equipment Contamination ,business ,Water Microbiology ,Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid ,Hospital Units - Abstract
In December 2008, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples obtained from 3 patients were positive forBurkholderia cepaciacomplex on culture. Samples obtained from bronchoscopes and rinse-water samples obtained from the washer-disinfector were found to be positive forB. cepaciacomplex. The cause of this pseudo-outbreak was that the washer-disinfector was installed without the required antibacterial filter.
- Published
- 2010