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. 2013 Dec;41(12):1298-300.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.05.015. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

Clonally related Burkholderia contaminans among ventilated patients without cystic fibrosis

Amy E Peterson  1 , Amit S Chitnis, Nan Xiang, Joseph M Scaletta, Robert Geist, Jennifer Schwartz, Jamie Dement, Elizabeth Lawlor, John J Lipuma, Heather O'Connell, Judith Noble-Wang, Alexander J Kallen, D Charles Hunt
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Clonally related Burkholderia contaminans among ventilated patients without cystic fibrosis

Amy E Peterson et al. Am J Infect Control. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

We investigated a cluster of 10 Burkholderia cepacia complex-positive cultures among ventilated patients and those with a tracheostomy in an acute care hospital. Isolates from 5 patients had outbreak-strain-related Burkholderia contaminans. Isolates of B. cepacia complex unrelated to the outbreak strain were cultured from a sink drain. The investigation identified practices that might have led to contamination of patient respiratory care supplies with tap water, which might have contributed to the cluster.

Keywords: Burkholderia cepacia complex; Infection control; Mechanical; Ventilation.

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Conflicts of interest: None to report.

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Epidemiologic curve of cases, by month of first positive Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) culture. BCC isolate typing at Hospital A began in January 2011. Before January 2011, isolates from patients without cystic fibrosis were identified using BCC selective agar.
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Fig 2
Repetitive element-polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) profile of clinical and environmental isolates and room diagram of surgical intensive care unit (SICU), patient, and environmental sampling location.
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