Month: May 1992

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Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis in a hospital unit for HIV-infected patients

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OBJECTIVE: To assess nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis (TB).

DESIGN: A historical cohort study of hospitalized patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a purified protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin skin test survey of health care workers (HCWs).

SETTING: A large public teaching hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico.… Read more

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Outbreak of pseudoinfection with Tsukamurella paurometabolum traced to laboratory contamination: efficacy of joint epidemiological and laboratory investigation

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From January 1988 to May 1989, one hospital in South Carolina reported 12 isolates of Tsukamurella paurometabolum from 10 patients. There were no common risk factors among the patients. Case-control studies revealed that the positive specimens were significantly more likely to have been processed in the TB/fungal room, to have been tissue samples, and to have been handled by one technician.… Read more

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A cluster of severe postoperative bleeding following open heart surgery

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate a cluster of postoperative bleeding following open heart surgery.

DESIGN: A cohort and case/control study.

SETTING: Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.

PARTICIPANTS: Six (21.4%) of 28 patients undergoing open heart surgery who developed severe, nonsurgical, postoperative bleeding from July 1 through August 30, 1988 (outbreak period).… Read more

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Outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal infections in a nursing home. Lessons on prevention and control

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OBJECTIVE: Nine outbreaks of group A streptococcal (GAS) infections in nursing homes were reported to the Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta, Ga) during the past two winters. We conducted an intensive epidemiologic and laboratory investigation of one of these outbreaks to determine clinical characteristics, risk factors for transmission and infection, and methods of control and prevention.… Read more