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Marx AH, Nowicki DN, Carlson RB, Schultz KM, Sickbert-Bennett E, Weber DJ. Bacille Calmette-Guérin preparation and intravesical administration to patients with bladder cancer: Risks to healthcare personnel and patients, and mitigation strategies. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2024; 45:520-525. [PMID: 38073548 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a standard therapy for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer used in urology clinics and inpatient settings. We present a review of infection risks to patients receiving intravesical BCG, healthcare personnel who prepare and administer BCG, and other patients treated in facilities where BCG is prepared and administered. Knowledge of these risks and relevant regulations informs appropriate infection prevention measures.
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- Ashley H Marx
- Department of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Medical Center; University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Medical Center; University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center; Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center; Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center; Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Gies V, Dieudonné Y, Morel F, Sougakoff W, Carapito R, Martin A, Weingertner N, Jacquel L, Hubele F, Kuhnert C, Jung S, Schramm F, Boyer P, Hansmann Y, Danion F, Korganow AS, Guffroy A. Case Report: Acquired Disseminated BCG in the Context of a Delayed Immune Reconstitution After Hematological Malignancy. Front Immunol 2021; 12:696268. [PMID: 34413849 PMCID: PMC8369751 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.696268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Context Disseminated infections due to Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) are unusual and occur mostly in patients with inborn error of immunity (IEI) or acquired immunodeficiency. However, cases of secondary BCGosis due to intravesical BCG instillation have been described. Herein, we present a case of severe BCGosis occurring in an unusual situation. Case Description We report one case of severe disseminated BCG disease occurring after hematological malignancy in a 48-year-old man without BCG instillation and previously vaccinated in infancy with no complication. Laboratory investigations demonstrated that he was not affected by any known or candidate gene of IEI or intrinsic cellular defect involving IFNγ pathway. Whole genome sequencing of the BCG strain showed that it was most closely related to the M. bovis BCG Tice strain, suggesting an unexpected relationship between the secondary immunodeficiency of the patient and the acquired BCG infection. Conclusion This case highlights the fact that, in addition to the IEI, physicians, as well as microbiologists and pharmacists should be aware of possible acquired disseminated BCG disease in secondary immunocompromised patients treated in centers that administrate BCG for bladder cancers.
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- Vincent Gies
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, National Reference Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (CNR RESO), Tertiary Center for Primary Immunodeficiency, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S1109, Institut thématique interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Transplantex NG, Faculté de médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Faculty of Pharmacy, Illkirch, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, National Reference Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (CNR RESO), Tertiary Center for Primary Immunodeficiency, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S1109, Institut thématique interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Transplantex NG, Faculté de médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- APHP.Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre National de Référence des Mycobactéries et de la Résistance des Mycobactéries aux Antituberculeux (CNR-MyRMA), Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (Cimi-Paris), UMR 1135, Paris, France
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- APHP.Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre National de Référence des Mycobactéries et de la Résistance des Mycobactéries aux Antituberculeux (CNR-MyRMA), Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (Cimi-Paris), UMR 1135, Paris, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S1109, Institut thématique interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Transplantex NG, Faculté de médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France.,Immunology Laboratory, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Infectiology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Departement of Pathology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, National Reference Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (CNR RESO), Tertiary Center for Primary Immunodeficiency, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S1109, Institut thématique interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Transplantex NG, Faculté de médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Departement of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, ICANS, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S1109, Institut thématique interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Transplantex NG, Faculté de médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France.,Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares Orales et Dentaires (O-Rares), Pôle de Médecine et de Chirurgie Bucco-Dentaires, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Virulence bactérienne Précoce UR7290-Lyme Borreliosis Group, FMTS-CHRU Strasbourg, Institut de Bactériologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Virulence bactérienne Précoce UR7290-Lyme Borreliosis Group, FMTS-CHRU Strasbourg, Institut de Bactériologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Infectiology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Infectiology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, National Reference Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (CNR RESO), Tertiary Center for Primary Immunodeficiency, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S1109, Institut thématique interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Transplantex NG, Faculté de médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, National Reference Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (CNR RESO), Tertiary Center for Primary Immunodeficiency, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S1109, Institut thématique interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Transplantex NG, Faculté de médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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Meije Y, Martínez-Montauti J, Caylà JA, Loureiro J, Ortega L, Clemente M, Sanz X, Ricart M, Santomà MJ, Coll P, Sierra M, Calsina M, Vaqué M, Ruiz-Camps I, López-Sánchez C, Montes M, Ayestarán A, Carratalà J, Orcau À. Healthcare-Associated Mycobacterium bovis-Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Infection in Cancer Patients Without Prior BCG Instillation. Clin Infect Dis 2019; 65:1136-1143. [PMID: 28575173 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, is widely used as adjunctive therapy for superficial bladder cancer. Intravesical administration of BCG has been associated with systemic infection. Disseminated infection due to M. bovis is otherwise uncommon. Methods After identification of 3 patients with healthcare-associated BCG infection who had never received intravesical BCG administration, an epidemiologic study was performed. All patients with healthcare-associated BCG infection in the Barcelona tuberculosis (TB) program were reviewed from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2015, searching for infections caused by M. bovis-BCG. Patients with healthcare-associated BCG infection who had not received intravesical BCG instillation were selected and the source of infection was investigated. Results Nine oncology patients with infection caused by M. bovis-BCG were studied. All had permanent central venous catheters. Catheter maintenance was performed at 4 different outpatient clinics in the same room in which other patients underwent BCG instillations for bladder cancer without required biological precautions. All patients developed pulmonary TB, either alone or with extrapulmonary disease. Catheter-related infection was considered the mechanism of acquisition based on the epidemiologic association and positive catheter cultures for BCG in patients in whom mycobacterial cultures were performed. Conclusions Physicians should be alerted to the possibility of TB due to nosocomially acquired, catheter-related infections with M. bovis-BCG in patients with indwelling catheters. This problem may be more common than expected in centers providing BCG therapy for bladder cancer without adequate precautions.
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- Yolanda Meije
- Infectious Disease Unit, Internal Medicine Department, and
- Joint Commission for the Infectious Disease Management, Control and Prevention, Hospital de Barcelona, Societat Cooperativa d'Installacions Assistencials Sanitàries (SCIAS)
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Internal Medicine Department, and
- Joint Commission for the Infectious Disease Management, Control and Prevention, Hospital de Barcelona, Societat Cooperativa d'Installacions Assistencials Sanitàries (SCIAS)
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- Epidemiology Service. Public Health Agency of Barcelona and CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Internal Medicine Department, and
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Internal Medicine Department, and
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Internal Medicine Department, and
- Joint Commission for the Infectious Disease Management, Control and Prevention, Hospital de Barcelona, Societat Cooperativa d'Installacions Assistencials Sanitàries (SCIAS)
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Internal Medicine Department, and
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- Epidemiology Service. Public Health Agency of Barcelona and CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública
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- Epidemiology Service. Public Health Agency of Barcelona and CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública
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- Microbiology Department, Fundació de Gestió Sanitaria del Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
- Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and
- Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau, Barcelona
- Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases, Madrid
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- Joint Commission for the Infectious Disease Management, Control and Prevention, Hospital de Barcelona, Societat Cooperativa d'Installacions Assistencials Sanitàries (SCIAS)
- Microbiology Department, Hospital de Barcelona, SCIAS
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- Joint Commission for the Infectious Disease Management, Control and Prevention, Hospital de Barcelona, Societat Cooperativa d'Installacions Assistencials Sanitàries (SCIAS)
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- Joint Commission for the Infectious Disease Management, Control and Prevention, Hospital de Barcelona, Societat Cooperativa d'Installacions Assistencials Sanitàries (SCIAS)
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- Pharmacy Department, Hospital de Barcelona, SCIAS
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- Joint Commission for the Infectious Disease Management, Control and Prevention, Hospital de Barcelona, Societat Cooperativa d'Installacions Assistencials Sanitàries (SCIAS)
- Pharmacy Department, Hospital de Barcelona, SCIAS
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- Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases, Madrid
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, and
- Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Epidemiology Service. Public Health Agency of Barcelona and CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública
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Gupte A, Matcha A, Lauzardo M. Mycobacterium bovis BCG spinal osteomyelitis in a patient with bladder cancer without a history of BCG instillation. BMJ Case Rep 2018; 2018:bcr-2018-224462. [PMID: 30065051 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BCG has been used as intravesical immunotherapy for the treatment of bladder carcinoma. However, this treatment is not harmless and may lead to complications, with a reported incidence of systemic BCG infection ranging from 3% to 7%. We report a case of culture-proven Mycobacterium bovis (BCG) vertebral osteomyelitis in a 72-year-old patient with bladder carcinoma who was treated with intravesical mitomycin C but did not receive BCG. Cultures from biopsy recovered isolate resembling Mycobacterium tuberculosis biochemically, but resistant to pyrazinamide (PZA). The patient was originally started on a four-drug antituberculous regimen of isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol and PZA. After genotypic analysis identified the organism as M. bovis (BCG), the regimen was changed to isoniazid and rifampin for 12 months. The patient responded well to this treatment. This case is unique as the patient received only intravesical mitomycin and did not receive BCG, implying the possibility of transmission from contaminated equipment.
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- Asmita Gupte
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Division of Hospitalist Medicine, University of North Carolina Regional Physicians, High Point, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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Ellison SL, Hunt DL. Perceived versus real risks of handling gene transfer agents in the pharmacy environment. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2010; 67:838-48. [DOI: 10.2146/ajhp080556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Sharon L. Ellison
- Institutional Review Board, Duke University Health System (DUHS), Durham, NC
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- Duke University, Durham, and Director, Biological Safety, Occupational and Environmental Safety Office, DUHS
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Direct comparison of the genotype MTBC and genomic deletion assays in terms of ability to distinguish between members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical isolates and in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2008; 46:1854-7. [PMID: 18353933 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00105-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The automated GenoType MTBC assay was evaluated for the ability to detect and identify members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. In addition to 35 reference strains and 157 clinical isolates, performance of this assay was tested directly on 79 smear-positive clinical specimens. The assay proved as accurate as the reference deletion analysis for all 192 isolates and detected and identified M. tuberculosis complex members in 93.2% of the specimens containing the M. tuberculosis complex.
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Gauchon A, André N, Rome A, Lautraite C, Coze C, Gentet JC, Dubus JC, Bernard JL. Stratégie de prise en charge de contages tuberculeux dans un service d’oncologie-pédiatrique. Arch Pediatr 2008; 15:236-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2008.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2007] [Revised: 09/07/2007] [Accepted: 01/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dytoc MT, Honish L, Shandro C, Ting PT, Chui L, Fiorillo L, Robinson J, Fanning A, Predy G, Rennie RP. Clinical, microbiological, and epidemiological findings of an outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus hand-and-foot disease. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2006; 53:39-45. [PMID: 16054324 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2005] [Accepted: 03/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In 2003, we identified an outbreak of clinically distinct lesions involving the hands and feet associated with a public wading pool in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A total of 85 cases were identified. The management and follow-up of 41 children and 1 adult patients is presented. Skin lesions occurred within a median incubation period of 29 days and approximately 88 days for the adult patient. Lesions resolved within a median of 58 days and approximately 150 days for the adult patient. Patients were treated with clarithromycin, topical antibiotic dressings, and/or incision and drainage of pustules or followed without treatment. All resolved without complication. The pool was closed and cleaned. The M. abscessus hand-and-foot disease is characterized by the onset, mainly in children, of tender, erythematous papules, pustules, and abscesses with a self-limited course. This is the first documented M. abscessus outbreak associated with wading pool exposure.
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- Marlene T Dytoc
- Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3.
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Swinson S, Hall G, Pollard AJ. Reactivation of the bacille Calmette-Guérin scar following immune reconstitution during treatment of infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2004; 26:112-5. [PMID: 14767199 DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200402000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The authors describe an infant presenting at 2 weeks of age with congenital acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had previously received routine bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination at birth. The risk of BCG dissemination in immunocompromised infants is discussed and the use of antimycobacterial prophylaxis in such cases considered.
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- Sophie Swinson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Klossek A, Dannenberg C, Feuerhahn MR, Körholz D. Pulmonary tuberculosis in a child receiving intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloblastic leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2004; 26:64-7. [PMID: 14707718 DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200401000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The authors describe a 6-year-old boy who developed pulmonary tuberculosis during intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made by PCR from an open lung biopsy, while a bacterial culture was negative. The patient was treated with triple tuberculostatic drug therapy, followed by two-drug therapy, while receiving maintenance chemotherapy for AML, including thioguanine and cytarabine. Pulmonary infiltrates resolved within 2 months of treatment. However, possibly due to the bone marrow toxicity of the tuberculostatic drugs, the patient tolerated only low doses of cytostatic therapy. The boy is now 14 months off tuberculostatic treatment and 8 months off AML therapy. He is in remission of AML and tuberculosis.
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- Antje Klossek
- Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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Kellogg JA, Bankert DA, Withers GS, Sweimler W, Kiehn TE, Pfyffer GE. Application of the Sherlock Mycobacteria Identification System using high-performance liquid chromatography in a clinical laboratory. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:964-70. [PMID: 11230412 PMCID: PMC87858 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.3.964-970.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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There is a growing need for a more accurate, rapid, and cost-effective alternative to conventional tests for identification of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium species. Therefore, the ability of the Sherlock Mycobacteria Identification System (SMIS; MIDI, Inc.) using computerized software and a Hewlett-Packard series 1100 high-performance liquid chromatograph to identify mycobacteria was compared to identification using phenotypic characteristics, biochemical tests, probes (Gen-Probe, Inc.), gas-liquid chromatography, and, when necessary, PCR-restriction enzyme analysis of the 65-kDa heat shock protein gene and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Culture, harvesting, saponification, extraction, derivatization, and chromatography were performed following MIDI's instructions. Of 370 isolates and stock cultures tested, 327 (88%) were given species names by the SMIS. SMIS software correctly identified 279 of the isolates (75% of the total number of isolates and 85% of the named isolates). The overall predictive value of accuracy (correct calls divided by total calls of a species) for SMIS species identification was 85%, ranging from only 27% (3 of 11) for M. asiaticum to 100% for species or groups including M. malmoense (8 of 8), M. nonchromogenicum (11 of 11), and the M. chelonae-abscessus complex (21 of 21). By determining relative peak height ratios (RPHRs) and relative retention times (RRTs) of selected mycolic acid peaks, as well as phenotypic properties, all 48 SMIS-misidentified isolates and 39 (91%) of the 43 unidentified isolates could be correctly identified. Material and labor costs per isolate were $10.94 for SMIS, $26.58 for probes, and $42.31 for biochemical identification. The SMIS, combined with knowledge of RPHRs, RRTs, and phenotypic characteristics, offers a rapid, reasonably accurate, cost-effective alternative to more traditional methods of mycobacterial species identification.
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- J A Kellogg
- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, York Hospital, York, PA 17405, USA.
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Van Soolingen D. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections: main methodologies and achievements. J Intern Med 2001; 249:1-26. [PMID: 11168781 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00772.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the last decade, DNA fingerprint techniques have become available to study the interperson transmission of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections. These methods have facilitated epidemiological studies at a population level. In addition, the species identification of rarely encountered mycobacteria has improved significantly. This article describes the state of the art of the main molecular typing methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and non-M. tuberculosis complex (atypical) mycobacteria. Important new insights that have been gained through molecular techniques into epidemiological aspects and diagnosis of mycobacterial diseases are highlighted.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Contact Tracing
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Genetics, Microbial/trends
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology/methods
- Mycobacterium/classification
- Mycobacterium/genetics
- Mycobacterium/isolation & purification
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/epidemiology
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/genetics
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/transmission
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics
- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/genetics
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Reproducibility of Results
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Transformation, Bacterial
- Tuberculosis/epidemiology
- Tuberculosis/genetics
- Tuberculosis/transmission
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/epidemiology
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- D Van Soolingen
- Mycobacteria Reference Department, Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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