Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

We analyzed the impact of a hospital tap water avoidance protocol on respiratory isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). After protocol implementation, hospital-onset episodes of respiratory NTM isolation on high-risk units decreased from 41.0 to 9.9 episodes per 10 000 patient-days (inciden...

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Published in:Clin Infect Dis
Main Authors: Baker, Arthur W, Stout, Jason E, Anderson, Deverick J, Sexton, Daniel J, Smith, Becky, Moehring, Rebekah W, Huslage, Kirk, Hostler, Christopher J, Lewis, Sarah S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326555/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32829397
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1237
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