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- Title
Contaminated Ventilator Air Flow Sensor Linked to Bacillus cereus Colonization of Newborns.
- Authors
Turabelidze, George; Gee, Jay E.; Hoffmaster, Alex R.; Manian, Farrin; Butler, Cindy; Byrd, David; Schildknecht, Stephanie; Hauser, Lina Chavez; Duncan, Mary; Ferrett, Rhonda; Evans, Dana; Talley, Crystal
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
BACILLUS cereus; ASPIRATORS; MECHANICAL ventilators; NEONATAL intensive care; DETECTORS; STERILIZATION (Disinfection); AUTOCLAVES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 5, p781
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1905.120239