Contaminated Ventilator Air Flow Sensor Linked to Bacillus cereus Colonization of Newborns
oleh: George Turabelidze, Jay E. Gee, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Farrin Manian, Cindy Butler, David Byrd, Stephanie Schildknecht, Lina Chavez Hauser, Mary Duncan, Rhonda Ferrett, Dana Evans, Crystal Talley
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-05-01 |
Deskripsi
We investigated Bacillus cereus–positive tracheal aspirates from infants on ventilators in a neonatal intensive care unit. Multilocus sequence typing determined a genetic match between strains isolated from samples from a case-patient and from the air flow sensor in the ventilator. Changing the sterilization method for sensors to steam autoclaving stopped transmission.