Wang Shu-Hua, Mangino Julie E, Stevenson Kurt, Yakrus Mitchell A, Cooksey Robert, Butler W Ray, Healy Mimi, Wise Mark G, Schlesinger Larry S, Pancholi Preeti
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2008 May;46(5):1850-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02079-07. Epub 2008 Mar 26.
We describe the first "Mycobacterium paraffinicum" (unofficial taxon) pseudo-outbreak in a tertiary-care medical center. Fifteen clinical nontuberculous mycobacterium isolates from 10 patients were initially identified by biochemical tests and high-performance liquid chromatography as Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. However, further testing by molecular analysis revealed "M. paraffinicum." Epidemiological and environmental investigation determined that the ice machine was the source of the pseudo-outbreak.
我们描述了在一家三级医疗中心发生的首例“石蜡分枝杆菌”(非官方分类单元)假暴发事件。最初,通过生化试验和高效液相色谱法,从10名患者身上分离出的15株临床非结核分枝杆菌被鉴定为瘰疬分枝杆菌。然而,进一步的分子分析检测显示为“石蜡分枝杆菌”。流行病学和环境调查确定制冰机是此次假暴发的源头。