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Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Bloodstream Infection at an Outpatient Hematology and Oncology Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Karon Abe ,
Melissa Tobin D'Angelo ,
Rebecca Sunenshine ,
Judith Noble-Wang ,
James Cope ,
Bette Jensen  and
Arjun Srinivasan
Karon Abe*
Affiliation:
Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Melissa Tobin D'Angelo
Affiliation:
Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Rebecca Sunenshine
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Judith Noble-Wang
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
James Cope
Affiliation:
Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Bette Jensen
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Arjun Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
CDC/DRH/MIHB, 4770 Buford Hwy., MS K-23, Atlanta, GA30341 (kabe@cdc.gov)
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Abstract

We investigated an outbreak of infection in 10 patients with blood cultures positive for B. cepacia. All patients had indwelling intravenous catheters. Though we did not identify the source of the organism, our findings support the hypothesis that cross-contamination of multidose medications through the use of the same needle and syringe was a contributing factor.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 11 , November 2007 , pp. 1311 - 1313
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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