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Nosocomial Pseudo-outbreak of Fusarium verticillioides Associated With Sterile Plastic Containers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Annalisa Grigis ,
Claudio Farina ,
Françoise Symoens ,
Nicole Nolard  and
Antonio Goglio
Annalisa Grigis
Affiliation:
Microbiology and Virology Institute, Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, ’ Bergamo, Italy
Claudio Farina*
Affiliation:
Microbiology and Virology Institute, Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, ’ Bergamo, Italy
Françoise Symoens
Affiliation:
Scientific Institute of Public Health ‘Louis Pasteur’, Brussels, Belgium
Nicole Nolard
Affiliation:
Scientific Institute of Public Health ‘Louis Pasteur’, Brussels, Belgium
Antonio Goglio
Affiliation:
Microbiology and Virology Institute, Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, ’ Bergamo, Italy
*
Microbiology and Virology Institute, Azienda Ospedaliera ‘Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, ’ largo Barozzi 1-24128 Bergamo, Italy
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Abstract

Twenty-six patients were implicated in a nosocomial pseudo-outbreak of Fusarium verticillioides. Examination of clinical records and handling procedures revealed a fungal contamination of supposedly sterile containers used for biological materials. An accurate system of monitoring permitted us to determine the origin of the infection and the means of its spread.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 50 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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