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ArticleInfection control and hospital epidemiology2026

Clinical and operational impact of a four-year-long bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of

Kavitha Prabaker, Ran Zhuo, Sanchi Malhotra, Shangxin Yang, Colette Match, Sebora Turay, Eve Bluntson, Shaunte Walton, Tiffany Dogan, Daniel Uslan

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Kavitha PrabakerDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Healthhttps://ror.org/01d88se56, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3315-629X
Ran ZhuoDepartment of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0455-3281
Sanchi MalhotraDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Healthhttps://ror.org/01d88se56, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2485-3927
Shangxin YangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9991-1178
Colette MatchDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Sebora TurayDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Healthhttps://ror.org/01d88se56, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3438-8023
Eve BluntsonDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Healthhttps://ror.org/01d88se56, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Shaunte WaltonDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Healthhttps://ror.org/01d88se56, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Tiffany DoganDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Healthhttps://ror.org/01d88se56, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Daniel UslanDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, UCLA Healthhttps://ror.org/01d88se56, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9800-3482

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo report on the investigation of a pseudo-outbreak of

designOutbreak investigation, retrospective cohort study.

settingAcademic medical center in Los Angeles, California. PATIENTS: Patients whose bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cultures grew

methodsWe performed an institutional outbreak investigation of

resultsThe incidence of

conclusionsA four-year pseudo-outbreak of

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PMID41657004
PMCPMC13216809

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