Wooden sticks as the source of a pseudoepidemic of infection with Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis among immunocompromised patients |
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| Authors: | PE Verweij A Voss JP Donnelly BE de Pauw JF Meis |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands. P.Verweij@mmb.azn.nl |
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| Abstract: | Wooden sticks used to suspend feces obtained for surveillance cultures were found to be the source of Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis causing a pseudo-outbreak among 17 immunocompromised patients cared for in three different wards. Nonsterile wooden products should therefore not be used for collecting, handling, and processing specimens for microbiological examination. |
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