title: Contamination of peripheral hematopoeitic stem cell products with a Mycobacterium mucogenicum-related pathogen.
abstract: A gram-positive rod with a restriction pattern closely related to the published nucleotide sequence of Mycobacterium mucogenicum was isolated from 6 of 45 units of peripheral blood stem cell products. The source of the contamination was traced to ice cubes used in processing the peripheral blood stem cell products. Substituting reusable ice trays for ice from an ice machine terminated the outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, and Bruce-Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. i_kassis@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Imad
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kassis
authors.forename: Ilana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.forename: Galit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rabino
authors.forename: Tami
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sprecher
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007053:Ice