International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 537-542 , September 2009

Mycobacterium abscessus post-injection abscesses from extrinsic contamination of multiple-dose bottles of normal saline in a rural clinic

  • Jun Yuan

      Affiliations

    • Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program, Beijing, China
    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
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  • Yufei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
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  • Zhicong Yang

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./Fax: +86 20 83845403.
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  • Yanshan Cai

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
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  • Zhiai Deng

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
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  • Pengzhe Qin

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
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  • Tiegang Li

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
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  • Zhiqiang Dong

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
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  • Ziqiang Yan

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
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  • Duanhua Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Health Bureau, Guangdong Province, China
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  • Huiming Luo

      Affiliations

    • Guangdong Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China
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  • Huilai Ma

      Affiliations

    • Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program, Beijing, China
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  • Xinglin Pang

      Affiliations

    • Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Province, 510080, China
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  • Robert E. Fontaine

      Affiliations

    • Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program, Beijing, China
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Received 15 February 2008 ,Revised 27 October 2008 ,Accepted 8 November 2008.

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☆ Presented in part at the 56th Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 16–20, 2007.

PII: S1201-9712(09)00025-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.11.024

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 537-542 , September 2009

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