title: Pseudobacteremia due to contaminated alcohol swabs.
abstract: Fifteen isolates of Bacillus species were recovered during a 19-day period after the introduction of an automated radiometric blood culture system. The outbreak was traced to alcohol-resistant spores present in the cotton used to disinfect blood culture bottles. The role of Bacillus species as a pathogen and a laboratory contaminant is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000985:Antisepsis; D001322:Autoanalysis; D001407:Bacillus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D003368:Gossypium; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol