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Outbreak of Burkholderia contaminans endophthalmitis traced to a clinic ventilation system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2021

Theodore Spilker ,
Jens Kratholm ,
Eliza Depoorter ,
Peter Vandamme  and
John J. LiPuma Open the ORCID record for John J. LiPuma [Opens in a new window]
Theodore Spilker
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jens Kratholm
Affiliation:
Narvik Eye Institute, Narvik, Norway
Eliza Depoorter
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Peter Vandamme
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
John J. LiPuma*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Author for correspondence: John J. LiPuma, E-mail: jlipuma@umich.edu
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Abstract

We describe the follow-up investigation of an outbreak of endophthalmitis due to Burkholderia contaminans following cataract surgery in a single clinic. Whole-genome sequence analysis of bacteria recovered from affected patients and the clinic identified the clinic’s ventilation system as the source of infection.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 11 , November 2022 , pp. 1705 - 1707
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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