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An Outbreak of Bacillus Species in a Cancer Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2016

Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler ,
Eduardo Velasco ,
Carlos Alberto de Souza Martins ,
Lúcia Maria Dias de Faria ,
Nereida Proença da Fonseca ,
Leda Maria de Castro Dias  and
Vania Maria da Silva e Castro Gonçalves
Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Hospital of Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eduardo Velasco
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Hospital of Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Carlos Alberto de Souza Martins
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Hospital of Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lúcia Maria Dias de Faria
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital of Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nereida Proença da Fonseca
Affiliation:
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital of Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leda Maria de Castro Dias
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Hospital of Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vania Maria da Silva e Castro Gonçalves
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Control Committee, Hospital of Cancer, National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Abstract

Bacillus species were recovered from the blood cultures of 39 oncology patients over 14 weeks. A matched case-control study showed a strong association of Bacillus species bacteremia with use of calcium gluconate solution (odds ratio=25.0) and of central venous lines (odds ratio=8.8). Stopping use of the implicated calcium gluconate vials controlled the outbreak.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 11 , November 1998 , pp. 856 - 858
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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