Hospital environment and invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancy

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-249

  Lee, Linda D ^a   Hachem, Ray Y ^a   Berkheiser, Matthew ^a   Hackett, Brenda ^a   Jiang, Ying ^a   Raad, Issam I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Environment; Nosocomial invasive aspergillosis; Water

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CLEANING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84858794831     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.031     Document Type: Article

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