title: Hospital water supply as a source of disseminated Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a leukemia patient.
abstract: Nosocomial acquisition of Mycobacterium fortuitum led to a disseminated infection in a leukemia patient. A linkage to showerhead water was supported by molecular typing of clinical and environmental isolates. Contamination of the hospital water system with microbes that are relatively resistant to common sanitation processes poses an increased risk of infection to neutropenic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kauppinen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nousiainen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jantunen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mattila
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Katila
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply