title: A pseudo-epidemic involving bone allografts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mermel
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giorgio
mesh_terms: 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