Sunday, 18 September 2016

PRO/EDR> Mycobacterium abscessus - USA: (CA) nosocomial, dental, child

Hospital-Related Infection -- United States
Orange County's Health Care Agency on Thursday [15 Sep 2016] ordered Children's Dental Group in Anaheim to stop using water for procedures after 10 root canal patients were hospitalized with serious infections. The agency said its lab has confirmed that multiple samples taken from the dental office's water system have tested positive for mycobacteria similar to the kind believed to have sickened the children, who all underwent pulpotomies since May [2016].
"I am issuing this order to

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