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A Pseudo-Outbreak of Respiratory Infection With Acinetobacter Species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Olajumoke Sule ,
Hugo A. Ludlam ,
Colin W. Walker ,
Derek F.J. Brown  and
Mary E. Kaufmann
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Abstract

We describe an apparent outbreak of respiratory infection with Acinetobacter species involving 14 patients over 8 days. Epidemiological investigation revealed two consecutive pseudo-outbreaks of infection caused by two consecutive, unrelated laboratory errors in the processing of sputum, nasopharyngeal, and endotracheal aspirates.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 7 , July 1997 , pp. 510 - 512
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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