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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 29(11): 1088-90, 2008 Nov.
Artículo
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18937568
RESUMEN
We describe a pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium chelonae infection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from 9 patients that was traced to contamination of an automated bronchoscope washer. Molecular typing using repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction was helpful in confirming epidemiologic and clinical findings.