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Pseudoepidemic of nontuberculous mycobacteria in a community hospital
J B Mehta1, M Kefri, D R Soike
1Department of Internal Medicine, Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614-0622, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
Soon after our hospital instituted the BACTEC mycobacterial isolation system, the proportion of cultures positive for nontuberculous mycobacteria increased dramatically. After eliminating other possible sources of contamination, the BACTEC probe's sterilization time and temperature were increased, and the incidence of positive mycobacterial cultures returned to its former rate.