Contaminated product water as the source of phialemonium curvatum bloodstream infection among patients undergoing hemodialysis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 840-847

  Rao, Carol Y ^a,d   Pachucki, Constance ^b   Cali, Salvatore ^c   Santhiraj, Mangai ^b   Krankoski, Kathi L K ^b   Noble Wang, Judith A ^a   Leehey, David ^b   Popli, Subhash ^b   Brandt, Mary E ^a   Lindsley, Mark D ^a   Fridkin, Scott K ^a   Arduino, Matthew J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Edward Hines Jr Veterans Affairs Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS FLUID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIALYSATE; DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PHIALEMONIUM CURVATUM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; ASCOMYCOTA; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FRESH WATER; FUNGEMIA; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349165111     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605324     Document Type: Article

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