A pseudo-epidemic involving bone allografts.
Preimplantation cultures of four sterile bone allograft specimens grew Comomonas acidovorans and Pseudomonas species. An epidemiological investigation, including molecular subtyping methods, revealed that the allograft specimens were contaminated in a microbiology laboratory sonicator water bath.
Mermel
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.
Josephson
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Giorgio
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D016025:Bone Transplantation; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012237:Rhode Island; D013048:Specimen Handling