Contaminated Ventilator Air Flow Sensor Linked to Bacillus cereus Colonization of Newborns

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Turabelidze, George ; Gee, Jay E. ; Hoffmaster, Alex R. ; Manian, Farrin ; Butler, Cindy ; Byrd, David ; Schildknecht, Stephanie ; Hauser, Lina Chavez ; Duncan, Mary ; Ferrett, Rhonda ; Evans, Dana ; Talley, Crystal
• Description:
  We investigated Bacillus cereus-positive tracheal aspirates from infants on ventilators in a neonatal intensive care unit. Multilocus sequence typing determined a genetic match between strains isolated from samples from a case-patient and from the air flow sensor in the ventilator. Changing the sterilization method for sensors to steam autoclaving stopped transmission.
• Subjects:
  Air Flow Sensor Bacillus Cereus Bacteria Cluster Colonization Disinfection Dispatch Equipment Contamination Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Multilocus Sequence Typing Neonate Newborn Sterilization Ventilator Ventilators, Mechanical

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(5):781-783.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c667fc1afeb6ddf67f03f7c436d6ad5a9519ed1c965ac602baccf16cb761ed19
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18771/cdc_18771_DS1.pdf
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