A cluster of Mycobacterium wolinskyi surgical site infections at an academic medical center

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1169-1175

  Nagpal, Avish ^a   Wentink, Jean E ^a   Berbari, Elie F ^a   Aronhalt, Kimberly C ^a   Wright, Alan J ^a   Krageschmidt, Dale A ^a   Wengenack, Nancy L ^a   Thompson, Rodney L ^a   Tosh, Pritish K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART LUNG MACHINE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM WOLINSKYI; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEART SURGERY; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84905993283     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677164     Document Type: Article

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