Culture-Documented Invasive Mold Infections at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, Pre– and Post–Hurricane Harvey | Zendy

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis | Zendy; Emily Shah | Zendy; Sebastian Wurster | Zendy; Samuel L Aitken | Zendy; Linda Graviss | Zendy; Issam Raad | Zendy; Roy F. Chemaly | Zendy

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Culture-Documented Invasive Mold Infections at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, Pre– and Post–Hurricane Harvey

Author(s) -

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis,

Emily Shah,

Sebastian Wurster,

Samuel L Aitken,

Linda Graviss,

Issam Raad,

Roy F. Chemaly

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz138

Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , cancer , center (category theory) , pathogenic organism , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biology , crystallography

Our monocentric study employing stringent culture-based definitions of mold infections found no excess cases of IMIs in MDACC's immunosuppressed patient population in the aftermath of a major flooding event. Increased use of some mold-active antifungals in the aftermath of hurricane Harvey was observed institutionally.

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