An outbreak of bacteremias associated with Mycobacterium mucogenicum in a hospital water supply

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1042-1049

  Kline, Susan ^a,b,h   Cameron, Sarah ^a   Streifel, Andrew ^a,c   Yakrus, Mitchell A ^d   Kairis, Frank ^e   Peacock, Keith ^f   Besser, John ^g   Cooksey, Robert C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Mycobacteriology Laboratory   (United States)

^f Water Bacteriology Laboratory   (United States)

^g MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h Mayo Mail Code 609   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MORPHINE; PREDNISONE; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATH; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; NEUTROPENIA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 10844263356     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502341     Document Type: Article

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