ArticleCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada2023
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Article in Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Wickerhamomyces anomalus Pseudo-Outbreak Associated with Medical Lubricating Gel, South Africa, 2023-2024.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Detection of Paraburkholderia in Clinical Specimens Associated with Use of Nonsterile Ultrasound Gel for Percutaneous Procedures - United States, Canada, and Israel, May 2023⎯April 2025.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2025Article
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10 authors.
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Abstract
Background: Methods: One sample was not available for testing, but the remaining 10 isolates (91%) were sent for phylogenetic testing. Medical materials and the patients' environments were also sampled and cultured. Samples were tested using pulsed field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing. Results: The outbreak was found to be associated with the use of intrinsically contaminated non-sterile ultrasound gel. Relatedness of the gel's and the patients' Conclusion: Contaminated non-sterile gel caused infections and pseudo-infections in several patients.
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