Nosocomial invasive aspergillosis in a heart transplant patient acquired during a break in the HEPA air filtration system

Transplant Infectious Disease : an Official Journal of the Transplantation Society
P MuñozE Bouza

Abstract

We report a case of nosocomially acquired invasive aspergillosis (IA) in a low-risk heart transplant recipient due to a break in the air conditioning system. A high overload of Aspergillus spores in the intensive care unit room led this patient to acquire IA. Identical environmental and patient isolates allowed our hypothesis to be confirmed and a very precise incubation time to be estimated.

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