Nosocomial invasive aspergillosis in a heart transplant patient acquired during a break in the HEPA air filtration system |
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| Authors: | P. Muñ oz,J. Guinea,T. Pelá ez,C. Durá n,J.L. Blanco,E. Bouza |
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| Affiliation: | Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Mara?ón, Doctor Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain. pmunoz@micro.hggm.es |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | invasive aspergillosis heart transplantation Aspergillus fumigatus invasive mycosis environmental cultures |
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