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Article: Pseudobacteremia with amoxycillin-clavulanic acid-resistant Escherichia coli traced to cross-contamination during blood culture processing

TitlePseudobacteremia with amoxycillin-clavulanic acid-resistant Escherichia coli traced to cross-contamination during blood culture processing
Authors
Issue Date1998
PublisherZhonghua Yixuehui. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.cmj.org/
Citation
Chinese Medical Journal, 1998, v. 111 n. 6, p. 570-576 How to Cite?
AbstractEscherichia coli has seldom been reported to cause pseudobacteremia. The investigation of an outbreak of amoxycillin-clavulanic acid-resistant E. coli pseudobacteremia is described. Seventeen cases occurred over a five-day period. The source of the E. coli was traced to the blood culture specimen of a patient (index patient) with genuine bacteremia as a result of urinary tract infection. The other 16 case-patients had pseudobacteremia which was found to be the result of cross-combination during subculture of blood specimens. The E. coli strain was carried over from the culture bottle of the index patient, through the contaminated gloved hands of a technician to the culture bottles of the other 16 cases. Although the pseudobacteremia occurred over a five-day period, they all resulted from cross-contamination during blood culture processing within one day. An early outbreak investigation was prompted by the unusual finding of amoxycillin-clavulanic acid resistance in the case E. coli isolates in a short period. The relatedness of the E. coli strains from the 17 cases was confirmed by arbitrary-primed polymerase chain reaction. Clinicians should be alerted to the possibility of a blood E. coli isolate being a contaminant despite its predominant role as a true pathogen.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79158
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.997
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dc.contributor.authorHo, PLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLuk, WKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, SYSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSeto, WHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLo, YCJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
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dc.date.issued1998en_HK
dc.identifier.citationChinese Medical Journal, 1998, v. 111 n. 6, p. 570-576en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0366-6999en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79158-
dc.description.abstractEscherichia coli has seldom been reported to cause pseudobacteremia. The investigation of an outbreak of amoxycillin-clavulanic acid-resistant E. coli pseudobacteremia is described. Seventeen cases occurred over a five-day period. The source of the E. coli was traced to the blood culture specimen of a patient (index patient) with genuine bacteremia as a result of urinary tract infection. The other 16 case-patients had pseudobacteremia which was found to be the result of cross-combination during subculture of blood specimens. The E. coli strain was carried over from the culture bottle of the index patient, through the contaminated gloved hands of a technician to the culture bottles of the other 16 cases. Although the pseudobacteremia occurred over a five-day period, they all resulted from cross-contamination during blood culture processing within one day. An early outbreak investigation was prompted by the unusual finding of amoxycillin-clavulanic acid resistance in the case E. coli isolates in a short period. The relatedness of the E. coli strains from the 17 cases was confirmed by arbitrary-primed polymerase chain reaction. Clinicians should be alerted to the possibility of a blood E. coli isolate being a contaminant despite its predominant role as a true pathogen.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherZhonghua Yixuehui. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.cmj.org/en_HK
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dc.subject.meshAmoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combinationen_HK
dc.subject.meshAmpicillin Resistanceen_HK
dc.subject.meshBacteremia - diagnosisen_HK
dc.subject.meshBacteriological Techniquesen_HK
dc.subject.meshCulture Mediaen_HK
dc.subject.meshDiagnostic Errorsen_HK
dc.subject.meshEscherichia coli - growth & development - isolation & purificationen_HK
dc.titlePseudobacteremia with amoxycillin-clavulanic acid-resistant Escherichia coli traced to cross-contamination during blood culture processingen_HK
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