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A Nosocomial Pseudo-Outbreak of <i>Mycobacterium xenopi</i> Due to a Contaminated Potable Water Supply: Lessons in Prevention

David H. Sniadack, Stephen M. Ostroff, Michael A. Karlix, R W Smithwick, Benjamin Schwartz, Mary Ann Sprauer, Vella A. Silcox, Robert C. Good

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 1993 · 63 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Maintenance of a higher water temperature and improved specimen collection protocols and instrument disinfection procedures probably would have prevented this pseudo-outbreak.

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