A Pseudo-Outbreak of Respiratory Infection with Acinetobacter Species

Olajumoke Sule; Hugo A. Ludlam; Colin W. Walker; Derek F.J. Brown; Mary E. Kaufmann

doi:10.2307/30141193

A Pseudo-Outbreak of Respiratory Infection with Acinetobacter Species

Olajumoke Sule
, Hugo A. Ludlam^*
, Colin W. Walker
, Derek F.J. Brown
, Mary E. Kaufmann

^*Corresponding author for this work

Cambridge Lab Addenbrookes

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We describe an apparent outbreak of respiratory infection with Acinetobacter species involving 14 patients over 8 days. Epidemiological investigation revealed two consecutive pseudo-outbreaks of infection caused by two consecutive, unrelated laboratory errors in the processing of sputum, nasopharyngeal, and endotracheal aspirates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	510-512
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	18
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/30141193
Publication status	Published - Jul 1997

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