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1582279

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a pseudoepidemic due to nontuberculous mycobacteria contaminating the water tank of a machine used to clean and disinfect fiberoptic endoscopes. Forty-six bronchoscopies performed on 41 patients during a six-month period yielded 16 specimens positive for acid-fast bacilli (AFB). One specimen showed Mycobacterium avium complex from an AIDS patient and one, M tuberculosis from a patient with active cavitary tuberculosis. In four patients, only the smears showed AFB; subsequent cultures remained negative. Of the rest, seven contained M chelonae and three M gordonae, all in patients with no clinical signs of mycobacterial disease. Two of the three M gordonae isolates represented laboratory contamination from an antimicrobial solution in a culture medium. Four patients in the beginning of the pseudoepidemic were treated for presumed tuberculosis until negative culture results were available. Control of the "outbreak" was achieved by regular disinfection of the implicated water tank in the cleaning machine. Contamination of bronchoscopes with nontuberculous mycobacteria can lead to unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1245-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Pseudoepidemic of nontuberculous mycobacteria due to a contaminated bronchoscope cleaning machine. Report of an outbreak and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review