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- Title
Nosocomial invasive aspergillosis in a heart transplant patient acquired during a break in the HEPA air filtration system.
- Authors
Muñoz, P.; Guinea, J.; Peláez, T.; Durán, C.; Blanco, J. L.; Bouza, E.
- Abstract
We report a case of nosocomially acquired invasive aspergillosis (IA) in a low-risk heart transplant recipient due to a break in the air conditioning system. A high overload of Aspergillus spores in the intensive care unit room led this patient to acquire IA. Identical environmental and patient isolates allowed our hypothesis to be confirmed and a very precise incubation time to be estimated.
- Subjects
HYPOTHESIS; ASPERGILLOSIS; HEART transplantation; ASPERGILLUS fumigatus; MYCOSES
- Publication
Transplant Infectious Disease, 2004, Vol 6, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
1398-2273
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00047.x