title: A pseudo-outbreak of respiratory infection with Acinetobacter species.
abstract: We describe an apparent outbreak of respiratory infection with Acinetobacter species involving 14 patients over 8 days. Epidemiological investigation revealed two consecutive pseudo-outbreaks of infection caused by two consecutive, unrelated laboratory errors in the processing of sputum, nasopharyngeal, and endotracheal aspirates.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sule
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ludlam
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013048:Specimen Handling