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Pseudoepidemic of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a Community Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jay B. Mehta ,
Maher Kefri  and
David R. Soike
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Abstract

Soon after our hospital instituted the BACTEC mycobacterial isolation system, the proportion of cultures positive for nontuberculous mycobacteria increased dramatically. After eliminating other possible sources of contamination, the BACTEC probe's sterilization time and temperature were increased, and the incidence of positive mycobacterial cultures returned to its former rate.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 11 , November 1995 , pp. 633 - 634
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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