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Sepsis outbreak at L.A. County dialysis center prompts public health investigation

Emily

Emily

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"O-ring" contamination with a rare type of gram-negative bacteria named Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) and Candida parapsilosis (C. parapsilosis) fungus. (The way the article is written, it sounds like the fungus is what causes sepsis in an immune-compromised person.)

Sepsis outbreak at L.A. County dialysis center prompts public health investigation
June 5, 2012 in Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Three patients with chronic kidney failure treated at a dialysis center in Los Angeles County, California contracted a bacterial infection in the blood (sepsis) caused by improper cleaning and disinfection of a reusable medical device called a dialyzer ? an artificial kidney...
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