Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia bloodstream infection at an outpatient hematology and oncology practice.
We investigated an outbreak of infection in 10 patients with blood cultures positive for B. cepacia. All patients had indwelling intravenous catheters. Though we did not identify the source of the organism, our findings support the hypothesis that cross-contamination of multidose medications through the use of the same needle and syringe was a contributing factor.
Abe
Karon
K
Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, GA, USA. kabe@cdc.gov
D'Angelo
Melissa Tobin
MT
Sunenshine
Rebecca
R
Noble-Wang
Judith
J
Cope
James
J
Jensen
Bette
B
Srinivasan
Arjun
A
D000368:Aged; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006405:Hematology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology