Cluster of Cases of Invasive Aspergillosis in a Transplant Intensive Care Unit: Evidence of Person-to-Person Airborne Transmission | Zendy

David A. Pegues | Zendy; Brent A. Lasker | Zendy; Michael M. McNeil | Zendy; P Hamm | Zendy; J. L. Lundal | Zendy; B. Kubak | Zendy

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Cluster of Cases of Invasive Aspergillosis in a Transplant Intensive Care Unit: Evidence of Person-to-Person Airborne Transmission

Author(s) -

David A. Pegues,

Brent A. Lasker,

Michael M. McNeil,

P Hamm,

J. L. Lundal,

B. Kubak

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/338025

Subject(s) - medicine , aspergillus fumigatus , aspergillosis , intensive care unit , aerosolization , transmission (telecommunications) , cluster (spacecraft) , intensive care medicine , intensive care , surgery , immunology , anesthesia , computer science , electrical engineering , inhalation , programming language , engineering

In October 1998, a patient developed deep surgical-site and organ-space infection with Aspergillus fumigatus 11 days after undergoing liver retransplantation; subsequently, 2 additional patients in the transplant intensive care unit had invasive pulmonary infection with A. fumigatus diagnosed. It was determined that debriding and dressing wounds infected with Aspergillus species may result in aerosolization of spores and airborne person-to-person transmission.

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