Large hospital-wide outbreak of Paenibacillus spp pseudobacteremia associated with contaminated nonsterile gloves.
Guilherme Geraldo Lovato SorioBeatriz ArnsCristiane Tejada da Silva KawskiPatricia Machado GleitGabriela Pereira FloresErik Menezes MartinsMuriel GorgesRenata Dortzbacher Feil KlafkeMarcelle Duarte AlvesCibele Massotti MagagninJorge Luiz Mello SampaioAlexandre Prehn ZavasckiPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)
We report a large, hospital-wide outbreak of pseudobacteremia by Paenibacillus spp. In total, 139 patients presented at least 1 positive blood culture during a 13-month period. Microbiological experiments indicated that contaminated nonsterile gloves were associated with the pseudobacteremia episodes. The outbreak was resolved by discontinuing the use of the involved brand.