Volume 23, Number 5—May 2017
Dispatch
Virulence Analysis of Bacillus cereus Isolated after Death of Preterm Neonates, Nice, France, 2013
Romain Lotte, Anne-Laure Hérissé, Yasmina Berrouane, Laurène Lotte, Florence Casagrande, Luce Landraud, Sabine Herbin, Nalini Ramarao, Laurent Boyer
, and Raymond Ruimy
, and Raymond Ruimy
Table 1
Microbiological results of environmental sampling after deaths of 2 preterm neonates with Bacillus cereus infection, Nice, France, 2013*
| Environmental site | No. positive/no. samples tested |
|---|---|
| Incubator, first newborn | 3/7 |
| Incubator, second newborn | 0/7 |
| Ultrasonographic probe | 1/1 |
| Bench surface used for bottle feeding | 1/1 |
| Control incubator 1 | 0/4 |
| Control incubator 2 | 0/4 |
| Control ultrasonographic probe | 0/1 |
| Heated humidifier for 2 control incubators | 0/2 |
| Wet bulb for 2 control incubators | 0/2 |
| Heating ramp for control incubator 1 | 0/1 |
| Control incubator mattresses | 0/2 |
| Babies’ sheets | 0/1 |
| Towels | 0/1 |
| Sterile field | 0/1 |
| Ultrasound gel dispenser bottles | 0/2 |
| Used ultrasound gel | 0/1 |
| Air filtration/ventilation equipment | 0/1 |
| Air flow sensor for ventilator | 0/1 |
| Heating unit for ventilator | 0/1 |
| Food refrigerator | 0/1 |
| Various cutlery | 0/2 |
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