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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2626-2628, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2626-2628.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Large-Scale Outbreak of Infection with Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus after Penicillin Injection

Yang Zhibang,1* Zhang BiXia,2 Lu Qishan,3 Chen Lihao,1 Liu Xiangquan,3 and Li Huaping1

Department of Microbiology, Chongqing University of Medical Science, Chongqing, People's Republic of China 400016,1 The Forty-Fourth Military Hospital of the Peoples Liberation Army of China, Guiyang, People's Republic of China 550009,2 Jianshe Hospital of Chongqing, Jianshe Industrial Company, Chongqing, People's Republic of China 4000503

Received 3 December 2001/ Returned for modification 16 February 2002/ Accepted 31 March 2002

An outbreak of infection with Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus after the injection of penicillin in 86 patients attending a factory hospital is reported. The bacterium was isolated both from lids and from the soil where the drug was stored. Molecular analysis by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins and plasmids revealed a pattern identical to that of the strains isolated from the wounds. The source of the infections was soil contamination of the vial lids and was caused by improper use and sterilization of penicillin vials.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Chongqing University of Medical Science, Chongqing, People's Republic of China 400016. Phone and fax: 68806018. E-mail: dryangfm365{at}sina.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2626-2628, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2626-2628.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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