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Cluster of Pseudoinfections with Burkholderia cepacia Associated with a Contaminated Washer-Disinfector in a Bronchoscopy Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dror Rosengarten ,
Colin Block ,
Carlos Hidalgo-Grass ,
Violeta Temper ,
Ilana Gross ,
Anna Budin-Mizrahi ,
Neville Berkman  and
Shmuel Benenson
Dror Rosengarten
Affiliation:
Institute of Pulmonology, Israel
Colin Block
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Carlos Hidalgo-Grass
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Violeta Temper
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Ilana Gross
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Anna Budin-Mizrahi
Affiliation:
Institute of Pulmonology, Israel
Neville Berkman
Affiliation:
Institute of Pulmonology, Israel
Shmuel Benenson*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
*
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel (Benenson@hadassah.org.il)
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In December 2008, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples obtained from 3 patients were positive for Burkholderia cepacia complex on culture. Samples obtained from bronchoscopes and rinse-water samples obtained from the washer-disinfector were found to be positive for B. cepacia complex. The cause of this pseudo-outbreak was that the washer-disinfector was installed without the required antibacterial filter.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 7 , July 2010 , pp. 769 - 771
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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