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A bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum traced to use of contaminated ice used for bronchoalveolar lavage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2019

Judie Bringhurst ,
David J. Weber ,
Melissa B. Miller ,
Melissa C. Jones ,
M. Patricia Rivera ,
Jason Akulian ,
William A. Rutala  and
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Judie Bringhurst*
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Melissa B. Miller
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Melissa C. Jones
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
M. Patricia Rivera
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jason Akulian
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Author for correspondence: Judie Bringhurst, Email: judie.bringhurst@unchealth.unc.edu
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Abstract

Clonal Mycobacterium mucogenicum isolates (determined by molecular typing) were recovered from 19 bronchoscopic specimens from 15 patients. None of these patients had evidence of mycobacterial infection. Laboratory culture materials and bronchoscopes were negative for Mycobacteria. This pseudo-outbreak was caused by contaminated ice used to provide bronchoscopic lavage. Control was achieved by transitioning to sterile ice.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 2020 , pp. 124 - 126
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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