@article{d47451fa66d041578897853771e6f11a,
title = "How clean is the linen at my hospital? the mucorales on unclean linen discovery study of large United States transplant and cancer centers",
abstract = "Mucormycosis outbreaks have been linked to contaminated linen. We performed fungal cultures on freshly-laundered linens at 15 transplant and cancer hospitals. At 33% of hospitals, the linens were visibly unclean. At 20%, Mucorales were recovered from >10% of linens. Studies are needed to understand the clinical significance of our findings.",
keywords = "Mucorales, Rhizopus, Syncephalastrum, healthcare linens, microbiologic surveillance",
author = "Sundermann, {Alexander J.} and Clancy, {Cornelius J.} and Pasculle, {A. William} and Guojun Liu and Cumbie, {Richard B.} and Eileen Driscoll and Ashley Ayres and Lisa Donahue and Pergam, {Steven A.} and Lilian Abbo and Andes, {David R.} and Pranatharthi Chandrasekar and Galdys, {Alison L.} and Hanson, {Kimberly E.} and Marr, {Kieren A.} and Jeanmarie Mayer and Seema Mehta and Morris, {Michele I.} and John Perfect and Revankar, {Sanjay G.} and Becky Smith and Sankar Swaminathan and Thompson, {George R.} and Merin Varghese and Jose Vazquez and Estella Whimbey and Wingard, {John R.} and Nguyen, {M. Hong}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018.",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1093/cid/ciy669",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "68",
pages = "850--853",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "5",
}