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Large hospital-wide outbreak of Paenibacillus spp pseudobacteremia associated with contaminated nonsterile gloves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2023

Guilherme Geraldo Lovato Sorio Open the ORCID record for Guilherme Geraldo Lovato Sorio [Opens in a new window] ,
Beatriz Arns Open the ORCID record for Beatriz Arns [Opens in a new window] ,
Cristiane Tejada da Silva Kawski Open the ORCID record for Cristiane Tejada da Silva Kawski [Opens in a new window] ,
Patricia Machado Gleit ,
Gabriela Pereira Flores ,
Erik Menezes Martins ,
Muriel Gorges ,
Renata Dortzbacher Feil Klafke ,
Marcelle Duarte Alves Open the ORCID record for Marcelle Duarte Alves [Opens in a new window]  and
Cibele Massotti Magagnin Open the ORCID record for Cibele Massotti Magagnin [Opens in a new window]
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Guilherme Geraldo Lovato Sorio*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Beatriz Arns
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cristiane Tejada da Silva Kawski
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Patricia Machado Gleit
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Gabriela Pereira Flores
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Erik Menezes Martins
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Muriel Gorges
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Renata Dortzbacher Feil Klafke
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Marcelle Duarte Alves
Affiliation:
Weinmann Laboratory, Fleury Group, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cibele Massotti Magagnin
Affiliation:
Weinmann Laboratory, Fleury Group, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Jorge Luiz Mello Sampaio
Affiliation:
Weinmann Laboratory, Fleury Group, Porto Alegre, Brazil Antimicrobial Resistance and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of São Paulo, School of Pharmacy, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Alexandre Prehn Zavascki
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
*
Author for correspondence: Guilherme G.L. Sorio, E-mail: guilherme.sorio@hmv.org.br
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Abstract

We report a large, hospital-wide outbreak of pseudobacteremia by Paenibacillus spp. In total, 139 patients presented at least 1 positive blood culture during a 13-month period. Microbiological experiments indicated that contaminated nonsterile gloves were associated with the pseudobacteremia episodes. The outbreak was resolved by discontinuing the use of the involved brand.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 10 , October 2023 , pp. 1686 - 1689
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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