How Clean Is the Linen at My Hospital? The Mucorales on Unclean Linen Discovery Study of Large United States Transplant and Cancer Centers

Mucormycosis outbreaks have been linked to contaminated linen. We performed fungal cultures on freshly-laundered linens at 15 transplant and cancer hospitals. At 33% of hospitals, the linens were visibly unclean. At 20%, Mucorales were recovered from >10% of linens. Studies are needed to understa...

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Julkaisussa:Clin Infect Dis
Päätekijät: Sundermann, Alexander J, Clancy, Cornelius J, Pasculle, A William, Liu, Guojun, Cumbie, Richard B, Driscoll, Eileen, Ayres, Ashley, Donahue, Lisa, Pergam, Steven A, Abbo, Lilian, Andes, David R, Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi, Galdys, Alison L, Hanson, Kimberly E, Marr, Kieren A, Mayer, Jeanmarie, Mehta, Seema, Morris, Michele I, Perfect, John, Revankar, Sanjay G, Smith, Becky, Swaminathan, Sankar, Thompson, George R, Varghese, Merin, Vazquez, Jose, Whimbey, Estella, Wingard, John R, Nguyen, M Hong
Aineistotyyppi: Artigo
Kieli:Inglês
Julkaistu: Oxford University Press 2019
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Brief Reports
Linkit:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6765054/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30299481
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy669
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