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. 1983 Oct;18(4):974-5.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.18.4.974-975.1983.

Pseudobacteremia due to contaminated alcohol swabs

S A Berger

Pseudobacteremia due to contaminated alcohol swabs

S A Berger. J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Oct.

Abstract

Fifteen isolates of Bacillus species were recovered during a 19-day period after the introduction of an automated radiometric blood culture system. The outbreak was traced to alcohol-resistant spores present in the cotton used to disinfect blood culture bottles. The role of Bacillus species as a pathogen and a laboratory contaminant is discussed.

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