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JAMA. 2004;292:1546.

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MMWR. 2004;53:796

On August 27, this notice was posted as an MMWR Dispatch on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

Burkholderia cepacia (formerly known as Pseudomonas cepacia, a gram-negative rod [GNR]) is attributed to nosocomial infections among intensive care unit patients and associated with use of contaminated equipment and solutions.^1-4 In August 2004, the Texas Department of Health received reports of positive cultures for B. cepacia from respiratory samples of 13 intensive care unit patients receiving mechanical ventilation at a hospital in Texas during April-August 2004. None of the patients had cystic fibrosis, a condition commonly associated with B. cepacia. Initial investigation by the hospital’s infection-control team revealed that nearly all of the patients had been exposed to a sublingual probe indicated for use for monitoring tissue carbon dioxide levels. The probe, an SLS-1 Sublingual Sensor, is part of the Nellcor® CapnoProbe^TM Sublingual System (model N-80 monitor), an . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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