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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
Published in: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 1/2013

Open Access 01-06-2013 | Poster presentation

P201: First report in the world of Mycobacterium bacteremicum causing a cluster of postlaparotomy surgical wound infections

Authors: M Biswal, G Singh, V Jain, SB Appannanavar, V Hallur, PK Gupta, S Malvi, N Taneja, S Sethi

Published in: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control | Special Issue 1/2013

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Uncommon atypical mycobacteria previously known to be environmental contaminants are an increasingly reported cause of outbreaks of surgical site wound infections. We investigated a cluster of post-laparotomy wound infections in 12 patients at our tertiary care hospital in India. We describe the epidemiology and the methods used to investigate the outbreak. …
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Title
P201: First report in the world of Mycobacterium bacteremicum causing a cluster of postlaparotomy surgical wound infections
Authors
M Biswal
G Singh
V Jain
SB Appannanavar
V Hallur
PK Gupta
S Malvi
N Taneja
S Sethi
Publication date
01-06-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-2-S1-P201

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