Pseudo-outbreak of Sphingomonas and Methylobacterium sp. Associated with Contamination of Heparin-Saline Solution Syringes Used During Bone Marrow Aspiration

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;37(1):116-7. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.248. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.
² 2The Johns Hopkins Hospital,Baltimore,Maryland.
³ 3Department of Pathology,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.

PMID: 26455294
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.248

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MeSH terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle / instrumentation
Bone Marrow / pathology*
Equipment Contamination*
Heparin / administration & dosage
Humans
Methylobacterium / isolation & purification*
Sodium Chloride / administration & dosage
Sphingomonas / isolation & purification*
Syringes / microbiology*
Water Microbiology

Substances

Sodium Chloride
Heparin