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An Outbreak of Cutaneous Aspergillosis in a Tertiary-Care Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E.A. Bryce ,
M. Walker ,
S. Scharf ,
A.T. Lim ,
A. Walsh ,
N. Sharp  and
J.A. Smith
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Abstract

A cluster of four cases of surgical and burn wound aspergillosis occurred in a 900-bed, adult, tertiary-care hospital. The source was traced to the outside packages of dressing supplies, which had become contaminated during construction in the central Inventory Control area. This resulted in patients with large exposed surface areas being inoculated directly with Aspergillus spores.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 170 - 172
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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