Pseudo-outbreak of Sphingomonas and Methylobacterium sp. Associated with Contamination of Heparin-Saline Solution Syringes Used During Bone Marrow Aspiration

We were alerted by our microbiology laboratory to a cluster of Sphingomonas spp. growing in mycobacterial cultures of bone marrow aspirate samples from adult patients with hematological malignancies. From the microbiology database, 4 bone marrow cultures that grew Sphingomonas and 1 bone marrow cult...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2016-01, Vol.37 (1), p.116-117
Main Authors: Rock, Clare, Wong, Bonnie C.K., Dionne, Kim, Pehar, Miriana, Kickler, Thomas S., Perl, Trish M., Romagnoli, Mark, Ross, Tracy, Wakefield, Teresa, Trexler, Polly, Carroll, Karen, Maragakis, Lisa L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Antibiotics
Anticoagulants
Biopsy, Fine-Needle - instrumentation
Bone marrow
Bone Marrow - pathology
Disease control
Epidemics
Equipment Contamination
Fatty acids
Hematology
Heparin - administration & dosage
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Kaposis sarcoma
Laboratories
Leukemia
Lymphoma
Methylobacterium - isolation & purification
Microbiology
Nursing
Pharmacy
Research Briefs
Sodium Chloride - administration & dosage
Sphingomonas - isolation & purification
Syringes
Syringes - microbiology
Water Microbiology
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Summary:We were alerted by our microbiology laboratory to a cluster of Sphingomonas spp. growing in mycobacterial cultures of bone marrow aspirate samples from adult patients with hematological malignancies. From the microbiology database, 4 bone marrow cultures that grew Sphingomonas and 1 bone marrow culture that grew Methylobacterium were identified between May and August 2010. A total of 27 bone marrow samples were cultured during this period.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2015.248