Ochrobactrum anthropi meningitis associated with cadaveric pericardial tissue processed with a contaminated solution--Utah, 1994.
From October 22 through November 3, 1994, three cases of Ochrobactrum anthropi meningitis were diagnosed among pediatric patients at a hospital in Utah (hospital A). The three patients had undergone neurosurgical procedures in which pericardial grafts processed at hospital B were used to close defects of the dura mater. This report summarizes the case investigations, which document that the cases resulted from human pericardial tissue grafts contaminated with O. anthropi.
D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002102:Cadaver; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D009493:Neurosurgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D014589:Utah
C072670:Hanks Balanced Salt Solution; D007552:Isotonic Solutions