PSEUDO-OUTBREAK OF TUBERCULOSIS IN AN ACUTE-CARE GENERAL-HOSPITAL - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Authors
CRONIN W RODRIGUEZ E VALWAY S BUR S HOOPER N SMITHWICK R BUTLER WR DWYER D
Citation
W. Cronin et al., PSEUDO-OUTBREAK OF TUBERCULOSIS IN AN ACUTE-CARE GENERAL-HOSPITAL - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 19(5), 1998, pp. 345-347
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
345 - 347
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1998)19:5<345:POTIAA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A 10-fold increase in patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-positiv e specimens in one hospital laboratory prompted an investigation. Clin ical and epidemiological data, along with M tuberculosis DNA fingerpri nting results, indicated that laboratory contamination led to nine fal se-positive M tuberculosis cultures. Pseudo-infection should be consid ered in patients with unusual tuberculosis presentations, negative aci d-fast bacilli smears, and only one positive culture with a low colony count (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998;19:345-347).