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Outbreak of Shigella sonnei in a clinical microbiology laboratory. 1997
Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University School of Medicine, Providence 02903, USA. lmermel@lifespan.org
Laboratory technologists (22%) developed infections with Shigella sonnei. The isolates had the same antibiogram and pulse-field gel electrophoresis pattern as an unknown isolate handled by a laboratory student. Covering faucet handles with paper towels during hand washing in the laboratory was protective. No further cases occurred after the laboratory was cleaned with a phenolic agent and a handle-free faucet was installed.
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