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Molecular Typing of Mycobacterium chelonae Isolates From a Pseudo-outbreak Involving an Automated Bronchoscope Washer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Alexandra Chroneou ,
Sarah K. Zimmerman ,
Steven Cook ,
Sandra Willey ,
Jane Eyre-Kelly ,
Nikolaos Zias ,
Daniel S. Shapiro ,
John F. Beamis  and
Donald E. Craven
Alexandra Chroneou
Affiliation:
Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington
Sarah K. Zimmerman
Affiliation:
Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington
Steven Cook
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington
Sandra Willey
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington
Jane Eyre-Kelly
Affiliation:
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington
Nikolaos Zias
Affiliation:
Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington
Daniel S. Shapiro
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
John F. Beamis
Affiliation:
Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Donald E. Craven*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Department of Infectious Diseases, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, 41 Mall Rd., Burlington, MA 01805 (donald.e.craven@lahey.org)
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Abstract

We describe a pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium chelonae infection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from 9 patients that was traced to contamination of an automated bronchoscope washer. Molecular typing using repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction was helpful in confirming epidemiologic and clinical findings.

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 11 , November 2008 , pp. 1088 - 1090
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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