Molecular typing of Mycobacterium chelonae isolates from a pseudo-outbreak involving an automated bronchoscope washer

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1088-1090

  Chroneou, Alexandra ^a   Zimmerman, Sarah K ^a   Cook, Steven ^a   Willey, Sandra ^a   Eyre Kelly, Jane ^a   Zias, Nikolaos ^a   Shapiro, Daniel S ^a,c   Beamis Jr , John F ^a,b   Craven, Donald E ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOSCOPES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 54949123101     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591451     Document Type: Article

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