Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
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 (incidence rate ratio, 0.24; 95% confidence interval, .17-.34; P < .0001).
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Duke Authors
- Baker, Arthur Wakefield
- Hostler, Christopher James
- Lewis, Sarah Stamps
- Moehring, Rebekah
- Sexton, Daniel John
- Stout, Jason Eric
Cited Authors
- Baker, AW; Stout, JE; Anderson, DJ; Sexton, DJ; Smith, B; Moehring, RW; Huslage, K; Hostler, CJ; Lewis, SS
Published Date
- August 2, 2021
Published In
- Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Volume / Issue
- 73 / 3
Start / End Page
- 524 - 527
PubMed ID
- 32829397
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC8326555
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1537-6591
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1093/cid/ciaa1237
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States