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Outbreak of Enterococcus gallinarum Infections After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael P. Cooper ,
Fernanda Lessa ,
Bob Brems ,
Rivka Shoulson ,
Steve York ,
Alicia Peterson ,
Judith Noble-Wang ,
Rosemary Duffy  and
L. Clifford McDonald
Michael P. Cooper*
Affiliation:
Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Fernanda Lessa
Affiliation:
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Bob Brems
Affiliation:
Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department, Zanesville, Ohio
Rivka Shoulson
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Steve York
Affiliation:
Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio
Alicia Peterson
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Judith Noble-Wang
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Rosemary Duffy
Affiliation:
Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio
L. Clifford McDonald
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Ohio Department of Health, 8th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215 ([email protected])
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Abstract

In September 2006, we investigated a cluster of 9 patients who developed Enterococcus gallinarum infection after total knee arthroplasty. Isolates recovered from these patients were from the same outbreak strain. Although all 9 patients were monitored by the same healthcare personnel, were given spinal anesthesia, and had the same specific type of wound irrigation procedure performed during their hospitalization, the source or sources of these infections were not identified.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 2008 , pp. 361 - 363
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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