Author:
Aronoff David M.,Thelen Tennille,Walk Seth T.,Petersen Kathleen,Jackson Julia,Grossman Sylvia,Rudrik James,Newton Duane W.,Chenoweth Carol E.
Abstract
We report a pseudo-outbreak of infection caused byClostridium sordellii, an uncommon human pathogen. The pseudo-outbreak involved 6 patients and was temporally associated with a change by the clinical microbiology laboratory in the protocol of handling anaerobic culture specimens. All isolates were genetically indistinguishable from a laboratory reference strain used for quality control.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology
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