Clinical and operational impact of a four-year-long bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of <i>Mycobacterium mucogenicum</i>
A four-year pseudo-outbreak of <i>M. mucogenicum</i> traced to contaminated ice baths used during bronchoscopy resulted in unnecessary infectious disease referrals and substantial operational and financial burden to the institution. Avoidance of non-sterile ice use in procedures prevents costly and burdensome pseudo-outbreaks of environmental mycobacteria in healthcare settings.
Authors
- Daniel Z. Uslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9800-3482)
- Shaunté Walton
- Shangxin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9991-1178)
- Ran Zhuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0455-3281)
- Kavitha Prabaker
- Sanchi Malhotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2485-3927)
- Sebora Turay
- Colette J. Matysiak Match
- Tiffany Dogan
- Eve Bluntson
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- UCLA Health (US)
- Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10399
- Primary Topic
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00