title: Cluster of pseudoinfections with Burkholderia cepacia associated with a contaminated washer-disinfector in a bronchoscopy unit.
abstract: In December 2008, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples obtained from 3 patients were positive for Burkholderia cepacia complex on culture. Samples obtained from bronchoscopes and rinse-water samples obtained from the washer-disinfector were found to be positive for B. cepacia complex. The cause of this pseudo-outbreak was that the washer-disinfector was installed without the required antibacterial filter.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Dror
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosengarten
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hidalgo-Grass
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Temper
authors.forename: Ilana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Budin-Mizrahi
authors.forename: Neville
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berkman
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benenson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D020680:Bronchoscopes / Q000382:microbiology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004203:Disinfection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014871:Water Microbiology