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Volume 25, Number 5—May 2019
Synopsis

Outbreak of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Joint Prosthesis Infections, Oregon, USA, 2010–2016

Genevieve L. Buser12Comments to Author , Matthew R. Laidler1, P. Maureen Cassidy, Heather Moulton-Meissner, Zintars G. Beldavs, and Paul R. Cieslak
Author affiliations: Oregon Health Authority, Portland, Oregon, USA (G.L. Buser, M.R. Laidler, P.M. Cassidy, Z.G. Beldavs, P.R. Cieslak); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (H. Moulton-Meissner)

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Figure 2

Time intervals between knee and hip prosthetic joint surgery to collection of surgical site mycobacterial cultures yielding related nontuberculous mycobacteria, multiple hospitals, Oregon, 2010–2014 (n = 9). Numbers indicate total number of days from surgery (black dots) to culture collection (gray dots). Case 10 is not included.

Figure 2. Time intervals between knee and hip prosthetic joint surgery to collection of surgical site mycobacterial cultures yielding related nontuberculous mycobacteria, multiple hospitals, Oregon, 2010–2014 (n = 9). Numbers indicate total number of days from surgery (black dots) to culture collection (gray dots). Case 10 is not included.

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1These authors were co-principal investigators and contributed equally to this article.

2Current affiliation: Providence Health and Services, Portland, Oregon, USA.

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