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[Nontuberculous mycobacteria in wet areas of a hospital and standard residences].
J UOEH
December 2011
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
From 1998 to 2000, UOEH Hospital identified a problem with bronchoscopes which were contaminated with mycobacteria. While conducting research into the problem, we found an extensive amount of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in wet areas. In this study, we collected a total of 114 samples to screen wet areas such as drains and taps in our hospital and in standard residences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPort-site tuberculosis after laparoscopy: report of eight cases.
Surg Endosc
June 2003
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, PVS Memorial Hospital, 31/543, Subhash Nagar, Edappally, Cochin 682024, Kerala, India.
In light of the explosive increase in laparoscopic surgery, there is concern about the effectiveness of sterilizing reusable laparoscopic instruments by immersion in 2% glutaraldehyde. This article describes the clinical features of eight patients who presented with biopsy-proven tuberculosis at the port-site unassociated with other clinical features of tuberculosis. Three of the eight patients had positive cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSusceptibility of antibiotic-resistant cocci to biocides.
Symp Ser Soc Appl Microbiol
January 2003
Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Biocide resistance has hitherto been a poorly studied subject, possibly due to the belief that such resistance was rare and clinically insignificant. Various recent findings, however, have underlined the importance of biocide resistance as a clinically relevant phenomenon. Outbreaks of biocide-resistant organisms in hospitals have been described and the genetic mechanism for resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) in Staphylococcus aureus has now been elucidated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSusceptibility of antibiotic-resistant cocci to biocides.
J Appl Microbiol
July 2002
Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Biocide resistance has hitherto been a poorly studied subject, possibly due to the belief that such resistance was rare and clinically insignificant. Various recent findings, however, have underlined the importance of biocide resistance as a clinically relevant phenomenon. Outbreaks of biocide-resistant organisms in hospitals have been described and the genetic mechanism for resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) in Staphylococcus aureus has now been elucidated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn outbreak of bronchoscopy-related Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections due to lack of bronchoscope leak testing.
Chest
March 2002
Epidemic Intelligence Service assigned to the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Background: Bronchoscopy-related transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rarely reported. In August 1999, five M tuberculosis-positive bronchial washing culture findings were noted in patients who underwent bronchoscopy in July in a hospital that reported only eight M tuberculosis-positive culture findings from 1995 to 1998, prompting further investigation.
Methods: A case was defined as a M tuberculosis-positive culture finding from specimens obtained from patients who underwent bronchoscopy during January to August of 1999.
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