Two Epidemics of Pseudobacteremia Due to Staphylococcus aureus and Aerococcus viridans
| Autor: | Robert J. Shannon, George A. Natsios, Jan Wood, Martin L. Spivack |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
| Předmět: |
Cross Infection
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Outbreak General Medicine Staphylococcal Infections Skin infection Screw cap medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Staphylococcus aureus Streptococcal Infections Humans Medicine Blood culture Nasal colonization business Aerococcus viridans |
| Zdroj: | Infection Control. 1:321-323 |
| ISSN: | 2327-9451 0195-9417 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0195941700053261 |
| Popis: | Two epidemics of pseudobacteremia are reported. The first, due to Staphyloccus aureus, was caused by a physician who had active staphylococcal skin infection and nasal colonization. Because the blood culture system in use at the time was open, and used screw cap bottles, we assume that the physician contaminated the bottles at the time of inoculation. The second outbreak, caused by Aerococcus viridans, was traced to contamination of the blood culture bottle tops as they were received from the manufacturer. We assume that there was inadequate disinfection of the bottle tops by the physicians prior to their use. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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