| Title | Ochrobactrum anthropi meningitis associated with cadaveric pericardial tissue processed with a contaminated solution--Utah, 1994. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1996 |
| Authors | for and(CDC) C |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 31 |
| Pagination | 1 |
| Date Published | Aug 9 |
| ISSN | 0149-2195; 0149-2195 |
| Accession Number | 8769657 |
| Keywords | Alcaligenes / ip [Isolation & Purification], Cadaver, Dura Mater / su [Surgery], Equipment Contamination, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / et [Etiology], Humans, IM, Isotonic Solutions, Meningitis, Bacterial / et [Etiology], Neurosurgery, Pericardium / tr [Transplantation], Tissue Preservation, Utah |
| Abstract | From October 22 through November 3, 1994, three cases of Ochrobactrum anthropi meningitis were diagnosed among pediatric patients at a hospital in Utah (hospital A). The three patients had undergone neurosurgical procedures in which pericardial grafts processed at hospital B were used to close defects of the dura mater. This report summarizes the case investigations, which document that the cases resulted from human pericardial tissue grafts contaminated with O. anthropi. |
| Alternate Journal | MMWR Morb.Mortal.Wkly.Rep. |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 1787 |
