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. 2024 May;45(5):677-680.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.241. Epub 2024 Jan 4.

Diving deep for the needle in the haystack: An outbreak investigation of Burkholderia cenocepacia bacteremia

Abdul Ghafur  1 , Praveen Balaguru  1 , S G Ramanan  2 , Rejiv Rajendranath  2 , Revathi Raj  3 , Mohammed Zehran  2 , T Raja  2 , Jose M Easow  2 , Sankar Srinivasan  2 , Dedeepiya Devaprasad  4 , Thilakavathy Sukumar  5 , Praveen Nilgar  5 , K Sakthivel  6 , Rakkesh M Nirumal  6 , K Chandra  7 , Sree V Lakshmi  8 , Nandini Sethuraman  9 , Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam  10 , Balaji Veeraraghavan  10
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Diving deep for the needle in the haystack: An outbreak investigation of Burkholderia cenocepacia bacteremia

Abdul Ghafur et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 May.

Abstract

In an Indian oncology setting, between August and December 2021, 56 patients, developed Burkholderia cenocepacia bacteremia. An investigation revealed a contaminated batch of the antiemetic drug palonosetron. The outbreak was terminated by withdrawing the culprit batch and the findings were reported promptly to regulatory authorities.

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