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Pseudo-outbreak of Sphingomonas and Methylobacterium sp. Associated with Contamination of Heparin-Saline Solution Syringes Used During Bone Marrow Aspiration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2015

Clare Rock ,
Bonnie C.K. Wong ,
Kim Dionne ,
Miriana Pehar ,
Thomas S. Kickler ,
Trish M. Perl ,
Mark Romagnoli ,
Tracy Ross ,
Teresa Wakefield  and
Polly Trexler
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Clare Rock*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Bonnie C.K. Wong
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Kim Dionne
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Miriana Pehar
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Thomas S. Kickler
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Trish M. Perl
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, Maryland.
Mark Romagnoli
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Tracy Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Teresa Wakefield
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Polly Trexler
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Karen Carroll
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Lisa L. Maragakis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Address correspondence to Clare Rock, MD, MS, Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Osler 425, Baltimore, MD 21287-5425 (Clare.Rock@jhmi.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 116 - 117
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: Preliminary findings of this outbreak investigation were presented in part in poster format at the SHEA 2011 annual scientific meeting April 1–4, 2011, in Dallas, Texas.

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