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1. An outbreak of Bacillus species in a cancer hospital.

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Thuler LC, Velasco E, de Souza Martins CA, de Faria LM, da Fonseca NP, Dias LM, and Gonçalves VM

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Bacillaceae Infections etiology, Brazil epidemiology, Calcium Gluconate, Case-Control Studies, Catheterization, Central Venous adverse effects, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross Infection etiology, Drug Contamination, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Matched-Pair Analysis, Middle Aged, Odds Ratio, Solutions, Bacillaceae Infections epidemiology, Cancer Care Facilities statistics & numerical data, Cross Infection epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks
Abstract

Bacillus species were recovered from the blood cultures of 39 oncology patients over 14 weeks. A matched case-control study showed a strong association of Bacillus species bacteremia with use of calcium gluconate solution (odds ratio=25.0) and of central venous lines (odds ratio=8.8). Stopping use of the implicated calcium gluconate vials controlled the outbreak.

Published
1998
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2. Risk factors for bloodstream infections at a cancer center.

Author

Velasco E, Thuler LC, Martins CA, Dias LM, and Gonçalves VM

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Case-Control Studies, Cross Infection, Humans, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Cancer Care Facilities, Sepsis epidemiology
Abstract

A hospital-based matched case-control study was conducted in order to identify risk factors for the development of bloodstream infections in adult hospitalized patients. Between January 1993 and December 1994, 264 episodes of bloodstream infection were evaluated. Significant variables identified by univariate analysis were included in a multivariate model that showed that central venous catheter [odds ratio (OR), 6.71], poor performance status (OR, 3.40), weight loss (OR, 2.47), hematologic diseases (OR, 2.24), and previous antimicrobial therapy (OR, 2.12) independently influenced the outcome. The knowledge of modifiable risk factors is useful in the development of strategies that may contribute to the prevention of bloodstream infections.

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1998
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3. An Outbreak of Bacillus Species in a Cancer Hospital

Author

de Faria Lm, de Souza Martins Ca, da Fonseca Np, Eduardo Velasco, Dias Lm, Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler, and Gonçalves Vm

Subjects
Adult, Male, Microbiology (medical), Catheterization, Central Venous, Adolescent, Epidemiology, Matched-Pair Analysis, Bacillus, chemistry.chemical_element, Bacillaceae Infections, Cancer Care Facilities, Calcium, Vial, Disease Outbreaks, Microbiology, chemistry.chemical_compound, Odds Ratio, medicine, Humans, Child, Aged, Cross Infection, biology, business.industry, Infant, Outbreak, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Calcium Gluconate, Bacillales, Solutions, Infectious Diseases, chemistry, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Bacteremia, Immunology, Gluconic acid, Female, Drug Contamination, business, Brazil
Abstract

Bacillus species were recovered from the blood cultures of 39 oncology patients over 14 weeks. A matched case-control study showed a strong association of Bacillus species bacteremia with use of calcium gluconate solution (odds ratio=25.0) and of central venous lines (odds ratio=8.8). Stopping use of the implicated calcium gluconate vials controlled the outbreak.

Published
1998
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