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Density and Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Aspergillus</i> in Air and Relationship to Outbreaks of <i>Aspergillus</i> Infection
1 Jun 1999
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After five patients were diagnosed with nosocomial invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus, a 14-month surveillance program for pathogenic and nonpathogenic fungal conidia in the air within and outside the University Hospital in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) was begun. A. fumigatus isolates obtained from the Department of Hematology were studied for genetic relatedness by randomly...
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