A case of postoperative breast infection by Mycobacterium fortuitum associated with the hospital water supply

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 406-408

  Jaubert, Julien ^a   Mougari, Faiza ^b,c   Picot, Sandrine ^a   Boukerrou, Malik ^a   Barau, Georges ^a   Ahmed, Sitty Amina Ali ^a   Raskine, Laurent ^b   Camuset, Guillaume ^a   Michault, Alain ^a   Simac, Catherine ^a   Cambau, Emmanuelle ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Breast; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Surgical wound infection; Water supply

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PRISTINAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; WATER SUPPLY; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84933044283     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.023     Document Type: Article

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