- Sundermann, Alexander J;
- Clancy, Cornelius J;
- Pasculle, A William;
- Liu, Guojun;
- Cumbie, Richard B;
- Driscoll, Eileen;
- Ayres, Ashley;
- Donahue, Lisa;
- Pergam, Steven A;
- Abbo, Lilian;
- Andes, David R;
- Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi;
- Galdys, Alison L;
- Hanson, Kimberly E;
- Marr, Kieren A;
- Mayer, Jeanmarie;
- Mehta, Seema;
- Morris, Michele I;
- Perfect, John;
- Revankar, Sanjay G;
- Smith, Becky;
- Swaminathan, Sankar;
- Thompson, George R;
- Varghese, Merin;
- Vazquez, Jose;
- Whimbey, Estella;
- Wingard, John R;
- Nguyen, M Hong
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.
