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Aspergillus terreus infections in haematological malignancies: molecular epidemiology suggests association with in-hospital plants.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Sept 2000
Lass-Flörl C, Rath P, Niederwieser D, Kofler G, Würzner R, Krezy A, Dierich M P
Abstract excerpt
During a three-year period nine patients with haematological diseases after myeloablative chemotherapy died from invasive fungal infections caused by Aspergillus terreus. The hospital inanimate environment was monitored and A. terreus was cultured from potted plants in the vicinity of the patients. The patients (N = 14) and the environmental isolates (N = 2) were fingerprinted by RAPD-PCR with four different...
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