Pseudo-outbreak of Acinetobacter Iwoffii Infection in a Tertiary Care Center in Thailand

Abstract

We describe a pseudo-outbreak ofAcinetobacter Iwoffiiinfection that was recognized early. The pseudo-outbreak involved 16 patients and occurred 3.5 months after the GNS-506 Vitek automated system was introduced in the microbiology laboratory. Prompt confirmation of incomplete use of the automated system's algorithm as the point source of the misidentifiedA. Iwoffiiclinical isolates averted a full outbreak investigation and excess use of infection control resources.