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Am J Infect Control
; 43(4): 406-8, 2015 Apr 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25838135
ABSTRACT
This report describes the first known laboratory-confirmed case of Mycobacterium fortuitum breast infection related to the hospital water supply. The source of the M fortuitum infection was identified by repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence-based polymerase chain reaction genotyping. In addition, we discuss appropriate infection control measures to minimize patient exposure to waterborne pathogens, in particular, in the context of nontuberculous mycobacteria, which is difficult to eradicate from the water supply network.
Subject(s)
Cross Infection/diagnosis , Equipment Contamination , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/diagnosis , Mycobacterium fortuitum/isolation & purification , Postoperative Complications/microbiology , Water Supply/standards , Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use , DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification , Female , Hospitals , Humans , Middle Aged , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/drug therapy , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/microbiology , Reproducibility of Results , Water Microbiology
2.
J Clin Microbiol
; 50(11): 3812, 2012 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22972814