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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 19(11): 856-8, 1998 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9831944
ABSTRACT
Bacillus species were recovered from the blood cultures of 39 oncology patients over 14 weeks. A matched case-control study showed a strong association of Bacillus species bacteremia with use of calcium gluconate solution (odds ratio=25.0) and of central venous lines (odds ratio=8.8). Stopping use of the implicated calcium gluconate vials controlled the outbreak.