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A Pseudo-Outbreak of Mycobacterium chelonae Infections Related to Bronchoscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ronald Cox ,
Karen deBorja  and
Michael C. Bach
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Abstract

Mycobacterium gordonae and rapidly growing “atypical” mycobacteria including Mycobacterium chelonae are commonly found in tap water. This article describes a pseudooutbreak of M chelonae infections related to bronchoscopy. Because patients may be treated and isolated unnecessarily when positive with acid-fast bacilli before the species are known, the financial burden for patients and hospitals may be great.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , February 1997 , pp. 136 - 137
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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