Cluster of pseudoinfections with Burkholderia cepacia associated with a contaminated washer-disinfector in a bronchoscopy unit.
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.
Rosengarten
Dror
D
Institute of Pulmonology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Block
Colin
C
Hidalgo-Grass
Carlos
C
Temper
Violeta
V
Gross
Ilana
I
Budin-Mizrahi
Anna
A
Berkman
Neville
N
Benenson
Shmuel
S
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