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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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Table

Characteristics of 9 nontuberculous mycobacterial knee and hip prosthetic joint SSIs at multiple hospitals, Oregon, 2010–2014*

Case no. Prosthesis type Procedure year SSI type Mycobacterium species Time to SSI, d† SSI to culture, d‡ Time to culture, d§
1 Hip 2010 Unknown M. goodii 157 0 157
2 Hip 2010 Organ space M. goodii 35 35 70
3 Knee 2013 Deep incision M. fortuitum 70 22 92
4 Knee 2013 Superficial incisional M. fortuitum 85 0 85
5 Hip 2013 Organ space M. fortuitum 78 54 132
6 Knee 2013 Organ space M. fortuitum 69 34 103
7 Knee 2013 Organ space M. fortuitum 69 30 99
8 Hip 2014 Suture abscess M. fortuitum 86 14 100
9 Hip 2014 Organ space M. fortuitum 83 1 84

*SSI identification date: National Health Safety Network event date, or chart review, or specimen culture collection date. Case 10 not included in analysis. SSI, surgical site infection.
†From time of surgery to SSI identification date. Median 78 d.
‡From time of SSI identification to mycobacterial specimen culture collection date. Median 22 d.
§From time of surgery to mycobacterial specimen culture collection date. Median 99 d.

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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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