Resistance of Mycobacterium chelonei-like organisms to formaldehyde.
Mycobacterium chelonei-like organisms have been isolated from patients in two outbreaks of peritonitis involving chronic peritoneal dialysis machines routinely disinfected with 2 to 3% formaldehyde. Susceptibility studies revealed that water-adapted M. chelonei-like organism strains could survive 2 h of exposure to 10% formaldehyde.
D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*
D005557:Formaldehyde