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1147. Pseudo-Outbreak of Clostridium paraputrificum Related to Anaerobic Tent Contamination

BACKGROUND: Over a 2-month period, eight patient cultures in our clinical microbiology laboratory were positive for Clostridium paraputrificum, an uncommon spore-forming microbe. The possibility of a pseudo-outbreak related to contamination in the laboratory’s anaerobic tent was considered. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, Kaitlin, Rece, Luann, Duster, Megan, Shirley, Daniel, Safdar, Nasia, Chen, Derrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255006/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.980