Abdul Ghafur, Praveen Balaguru, S G Ramanan, Rejiv Rajendranath, Revathi Raj, Mohammed Zehran, T Raja, Jose M Easow, Sankar Srinivasan, Dedeepiya Devaprasad, Thilakavathy Sukumar, Praveen Nilgar, K Sakthivel, Rakkesh M Nirumal, K Chandra, Sree V Lakshmi, Nandini Sethuraman, Yamuna Devi Bakthavatchalam, Balaji Veeraraghavan
In an Indian oncology setting, between August and December 2021, 56 patients, developed Burkholderia cenocepacia bacteremia. An investigation revealed a contaminated batch of the antiemetic drug palonosetron. The outbreak was terminated by withdrawing the culprit batch and the findings were reported promptly to regulatory authorities.
January 4, 2024: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology