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Pseudo-outbreak of Brevundimonas diminuta Attributed to Contamination of Culture Medium Supplement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2017

Rachael A. Lee ,
Stephen A. Moser ,
Martha Long ,
Susan L. Butler ,
Jennifer F. Whiddon  and
Bernard C. Camins
Rachael A. Lee*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Medical Service, Birmingham Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
Stephen A. Moser
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Martha Long
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Susan L. Butler
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Jennifer F. Whiddon
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Bernard C. Camins
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
*
Address correspondence to Rachael A. Lee, MD, 1900 University Boulevard, THT 216, Birmingham, AL 35294 (ralee@uabmc.edu).
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Abstract

We report an epidemiological investigation of a cluster of Brevundimonas diminuta isolates cultured from sterile sites. Inoculation of supplement medium yielded growth of B. diminuta. Molecular typing indicated likely contamination of the lot. No B. diminuta was further isolated after replacement of the supplement with a new lot number.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:598–601

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , May 2017 , pp. 598 - 601
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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