Contaminated Ventilator Air Flow Sensor Linked To Bacillus Cereus Colonization Of Newborns

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES(2013)

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Abstract
We investigated Bacillus cereus positive tracheal aspirates from infants on ventilators in a neonatal intensive care unit. Multi locus 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.
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Bacillus cereus,air flow sensor,bacteria,cluster,colonization,disinfection,infant,neonate,newborn,ventilator
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