Mycobacterium abscessus post-injection abscesses from extrinsic contamination of multiple-dose bottles of normal saline in a rural clinic | Zendy

Jun Yuan | Zendy; Yufei Liu | Zendy; Zhicong Yang | Zendy; Yanshan Cai | Zendy; Zhi-ai Deng | Zendy; Pengzhe Qin | Zendy; Tiegang Li | Zendy; Zhiqiang Dong | Zendy; Ziqiang Yan | Zendy; Duan-hua Zhou | Zendy; Huiming Luo | Zendy; Huilai Ma | Zendy; Pang Xing-lin | Zendy; Robert E. Fontaine | Zendy

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Mycobacterium abscessus post-injection abscesses from extrinsic contamination of multiple-dose bottles of normal saline in a rural clinic

Author(s) -

Jun Yuan,

Yufei Liu,

Zhicong Yang,

Yanshan Cai,

Zhi-ai Deng,

Pengzhe Qin,

Tiegang Li,

Zhiqiang Dong,

Ziqiang Yan,

Duan-hua Zhou,

Huiming Luo,

Huilai Ma,

Pang Xing-lin,

Robert E. Fontaine

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.11.024

Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , saline , injection site , intramuscular injection , mycobacterium abscessus , surgery , abscess , mycobacterium , pathology , tuberculosis

We investigated an outbreak of gluteal abscesses following intramuscular (IM) injections given at a clinic in rural China to identify the causative agent, source, and method of exposure.

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