Outbreak of Burkholderia contaminans endophthalmitis traced to a clinic ventilation system
- 12 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 43 (11), 1705-1707
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.298
Abstract
We describe the follow-up investigation of an outbreak of endophthalmitis due to Burkholderia contaminans following cataract surgery in a single clinic. Whole-genome sequence analysis of bacteria recovered from affected patients and the clinic identified the clinic’s ventilation system as the source of infection.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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