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8169416

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
After 15 patients had positive cultures for Mycobacterium abscessus without evidence of infection (i.e., pseudoinfection) following endoscopy, retrospective cohort studies of patients undergoing endoscopy and microbiologic sampling of the environment were done to examine potential nosocomial transmission and to identify the source and risk factors for M. abscessus pseudoinfection. In the epidemic period, M. abscessus-positive cultures were significantly more likely to be obtained during bronchoscopy than gastroendoscopy (16/149 vs. 1/860, P < .001) and during procedures using bronchoscopes disinfected in an automated washer rather than by other methods (16/54 vs. 0/95, P < .001). M. abscessus was recovered from the automated washer, the inlet water feeding the washer, and a flexible bronchoscope. Environmental and case-patient isolates had identical large restriction fragment (LRF) patterns of genomic DNA separated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Molecular typing using LRF analysis supported the epidemiologic results and demonstrate the utility of combined epidemiologic and laboratory investigations in nosocomial outbreaks of nontuberculous mycobacteria.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
1166-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Mycobacterium abscessus pseudoinfection traced to an automated endoscope washer: utility of epidemiologic and laboratory investigation.
pubmed:affiliation
Hospital Infectious Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article