Arthur W. Baker, Sarah S. Lewis, Barbara D. Alexander, Luke F. Chen, Richard J. Wallace, Barbara A. Brown‐Elliott, Pamela J. Isaacs, Lisa C. Pickett, Chetan B. Patel, Peter K. Smith, John M. Reynolds, Jill Engel, Cameron R. Wolfe, Carmelo A. Milano, Jacob N. Schroder, Robert D. Davis, Matthew G. Hartwig, Jason E. Stout, Nancy Strittholt, Eileen K Maziarz, Jennifer Horan Saullo, Kevin C. Hazen, Richard Walczak, Ravikiran Vasireddy, Sruthi Vasireddy, Celeste McKnight, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton

doi:10.1093/cid/ciw877

Two-Phase Hospital-Associated Outbreak of <i>Mycobacterium abscessus</i>: Investigation and Mitigation

Arthur W. Baker, Sarah S. Lewis, Barbara D. Alexander, Luke F. Chen, Richard J. Wallace, Barbara A. Brown‐Elliott, Pamela J. Isaacs, Lisa C. Pickett, Chetan B. Patel, Peter K. Smith, John M. Reynolds, Jill Engel, Cameron R. Wolfe, Carmelo A. Milano, Jacob N. Schroder, Robert D. Davis, Matthew G. Hartwig, Jason E. Stout, Nancy Strittholt, Eileen K Maziarz, Jennifer Horan Saullo, Kevin C. Hazen, Richard Walczak, Ravikiran Vasireddy, Sruthi Vasireddy, Celeste McKnight, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2017

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Summary

We investigated and mitigated a 2-phase clonal outbreak of M. abscessus linked to hospital tap water. Healthcare facilities with endemic NTM should consider similar tap water avoidance and engineering strategies to decrease risk of NTM infection.

Source type: Peer-reviewed study
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw877
Catalogue ID: BFmoef2oy5-zuxsuk

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