Contamination of hospital water with Aspergillus fumigatus and other molds [2]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1159-1160

  Warris, Adilia ^a,b   Voss, Andreas ^b   Abrahamsen, Tore G ^c   Verweij, Paul E ^b  

^a Departments of Pediatrics   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FUSARIUM; HOSPITAL; LETTER; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037090138     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339754     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Nosocomial aspergillosis is waterborne
2. Fusariosis associated with pathogenic Fusarium species colonization of a hospital water system: A new paradigm for the epidemiology of opportunistic mold infections
3. Recovery of filamentous fungi from water in a childhood bone marrow transplantation unit
4. Pathogenic Aspergillus species recovered from a hospital water system: A 3-year prospective study