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

Alexander Sundermann | Zendy; Cornelius J. Clancy | Zendy; A. William Pasculle | Zendy; Guojun Liu | Zendy; R Cumbie | Zendy; Eileen Driscoll | Zendy; Ashley Ayres | Zendy; Lisa Donahue | Zendy; Steven A. Pergam | Zendy; Lilian M. Abbo | Zendy; David R. Andes | Zendy; Pranatharthi Chandrasekar | Zendy; Alison Galdys | Zendy; Kimberly E. Hanson | Zendy; Kieren A. Marr | Zendy; Jeanmarie Mayer | Zendy; Seema Mehta | Zendy; Michele I. Morris | Zendy; John R. Perfect | Zendy; Sanjay G. Revankar | Zendy; Becky Smith | Zendy; Sankar Swaminathan | Zendy; George R. Thompson | Zendy; Merin Varghese | Zendy; José A. Vázquez | Zendy; Estella Whimbey | Zendy; John R. Wingard | Zendy; M. Hong Nguyen | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Alexander Sundermann,

Cornelius J. Clancy,

A. William Pasculle,

Guojun Liu,

R Cumbie,

Eileen Driscoll,

Ashley Ayres,

Lisa Donahue,

Steven A. Pergam,

Lilian M. Abbo,

David R. Andes,

Pranatharthi Chandrasekar,

Alison Galdys,

Kimberly E. Hanson,

Kieren A. Marr,

Jeanmarie Mayer,

Seema Mehta,

Michele I. Morris,

John R. Perfect,

Sanjay G. Revankar,

Becky Smith,

Sankar Swaminathan,

George R. Thompson,

Merin Varghese,

José A. Vázquez,

Estella Whimbey,

John R. Wingard,

M. Hong Nguyen

Publication year - 2018

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 - 10.1093/cid/ciy669

Subject(s) - medicine , mucorales , mucormycosis , surgery

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 understand the clinical significance of our findings.

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