Category: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)

Gastroscopes Now Linked to ‘Superbug’ Infections, Too The number of endoscope types linked to emerging antibiotic-resistant infections is growing.

December 21, 2016 — Gastroscopes have now been linked to “superbug” infections, too, my research has found. This newly recognized risk has not been previously publicized. The University of Pittsburgh Medical…

THE SEATTLE TIMES: “Undisclosed superbug sickened dozens at Virginia Mason”

The Seattle Times: “Undisclosed superbug sickened dozens at Virginia Mason” (January 22, 2015) An outbreak of multidrug-resistant superbugs spread by contaminated endoscopes infected at least 35 patients at Virginia Mason…

Risk of Transmission of Superbugs during Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Click here (PDF format) or here  (HTML format) to read Dr. Muscarella’s “Risk of transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and related ‘superbugs’ during gastrointestinal endoscopy” (World J Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 6(10):457-474.)…