Mycobacterium chelonei iatrogenic infections.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 7 ·No. 3 ·1978-03-00 ·Pages 319-21

Foz A, Roy C, Jurado J, Arteaga E, Ruiz JM, Moragas A

Abstract

We report on two outbreaks of Mycobacterium chelonei subsp. abscessus cutaneous infections, which occurred between June 1974 and April 1975 in a series of 24 patients (15 studied bacteriologically) subjected to venous stripping for varicose veins. The source of infection was the aqueous solution of merbromin used in presurgical care.

MeSH Terms

Drug Contamination Female Fluoresceins Humans Iatrogenic Disease Male Merbromin Mycobacterium/isolation & purification Mycobacterium Infections/etiology,microbiology Skin Diseases, Infectious/etiology,microbiology Spain

Chemicals

Fluoresceins Merbromin

Authors & Affiliations

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Foz A

Roy C

Jurado J

Arteaga E

Ruiz J M

Moragas A

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5 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.7.3.319-321.1978

Published

1978-03-00

Pages

319-21

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC274929

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.7.3.319-321.1978 PMC Full Text View journal details

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