A prospective study on factors influencing aspergillus spore load in the air during renovation works in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-197

  Mahieu, L M ^a   De Dooy, J J ^a   Van Laer, F A ^b   Jansens, H ^b   Ieven, M M ^c  

^a Division of Neonatology   (Belgium)

^b Hospital Hygiene   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air filtration; Air sampling; Aspergillus; Meteorological factors; Nasopharyngealcolonization; neonates; Renovation works

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CROSS INFECTION; FILTRATION; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CROSS INFECTION; FILTRATION; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NASOPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034218951     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2000.0773     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Hruszkewycz V, Ruben B, Hypes CM, Bostic GD, Staszkiewicz J, Band JD. A cluster of pseudofungemia associated with hospital renovation in the microbiology laboratory. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 13:1992;147-150.
2. Flynn PM, Williams BG, Hetherington SV, Williams BF, Giannini MA, Pearson TA. Aspergillus terreus during hospital renovation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 14:1993;363-365.
3. Walsh TJ. Nosocomial aspergillosis: environmental microbiology, hospital epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. Eur J Epidemiol. 5:1989;131-142.
4. Cairo MS. Neonatal neutrophil host defence. Prospects for immunologic enhancement during neonatal sepsis. Am J Dis Child. 143:1989;40-46.
5. Papouli M, Roilides E, Bibashi E, Andreou A. Primary cutaneous aspergillosis in neonates: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis. 22:1996;1102-1104.
6. Manuel RJ, Kibbler CC. The epidemiology and prevention of invasive aspergillosis. J Hosp Infect. 39:1998;95-109.
7. Nolard N. Links between risks of aspergillosis and environmental contamination. Review of the literature. Pathol Biol. 42:1994;706-710.
8. Wei Li D, Kendrick B. A year round study on functional relationships of airborne fungi with meteorological factors. Int J Biometeorol. 39:1995;74-80.
9. Rath PM, Ansorg R. Value of environmental sampling and molecular typing of aspergilli to assess nosocomial sources of aspergillosis. J Hosp Infect. 37:1997;47-53.
10. Anaissie EJ, Stratton SL, Summerbell RC, Monson TP, Rex JH, Walsh TJ. Aspergillus spp. aerosols in hospitals: showering as a potential mode of exposure. Abstract 1908, 39th ICAAC. 1999.
11. Tablan OC, Anderson LJ, Arden NH, Breiman RF, Butler JC, McNeil MM. Guideline for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 15:1994;587-627.
12. Alvarez y, Munoz MT, Torres J, Damasio Santana L. Susceptibility to Varicella zoster infection in individuals 1 to 29 years of age in Mexico. Arch Med Res. 30:1999;60-63.
13. Anderson K, Morris G, Kennedy H. Aspergillosis in immunocompromised paediatric patients: associations with building hygiene, design, and indoor air. Thorax. 51:1996;256-261.
14. Cornet M, Levy V, Fleury L. Efficacy of prevention by high-efficiency particulate air filtration or laminar airflow against Aspergillus airborne contamination during hospital renovation. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 20:1999;508-513.
15. Perraud M, Niolle MC, Chiarello E, Guerraz F, Cetre JC, Sepetjan M. Air filtration and prevention of aspergillary pneumopathies. Nouv Rev Fr Hematol. 34:1992;295-299.
16. Rhame FS, Streifel AJ, Kersey JH, McGlave PB. Extrinsic risk factors for pneumonia in the patient at high risk of infection. Am J Med. 76:1984;42-52.
17. Aisner J, Murillo J, Schimpff SC, Steere AC. Invasive aspergillosis in acute leukaemia: correlation with nose cultures and antibiotic use. Ann Intern Med. 90:1979;4-9.
18. Hay RJ, Clayton YM, Goodley JM. Fungal aerobiology: how, when and where? J Hosp Infect. 30:1995;352-357.