Pseudoepidemic from Mycobacterium gordonae due to a contaminated automatic bronchoscope washing machine [1]

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 196-197

  Rossetti, Roberto ^a   Lencioni, Patrizia ^a   Innocenti, Florio ^a   Tortoli, Enrico ^a  

^a UO Microbiologia   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; STORAGE;

EID: 0036095218     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2002.122383     Document Type: Letter

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