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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 12 1997, 3163-3165, Vol 35, No. 12
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Outbreak of Shigella sonnei in a clinical microbiology laboratory [In Process Citation]

LA Mermel, SL Josephson, J Dempsey, S Parenteau, C Perry and N Magill
Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University School of Medicine, Providence 02903, USA. lmermel@lifespan.org

Laboratory technologists (22%) developed infections with Shigella sonnei. The isolates had the same antibiogram and pulse-field gel electrophoresis pattern as an unknown isolate handled by a laboratory student. Covering faucet handles with paper towels during hand washing in the laboratory was protective. No further cases occurred after the laboratory was cleaned with a phenolic agent and a handle-free faucet was installed.

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