[Invasive aspergillosis: nosocomial origin of epidemics. Review of the literature].
The growing incidence of nosocomial invasive aspergillosis is related with the development of new therapies and the presence of Aspergillus spores in the patients'vicinity. Earth moving, demolition or renovation works adjacent to or inside the hospital are undoubtfully implied in this process. Potted plants and individual sachets of ground pepper distributed to patients are another significant source of Aspergillus spores. The extrinsic and multiple causes of hospital contamination may explain the numerous problems in our studies of strain typing, whatever the methods used (phenotype and genotype).
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Section de Mycologie, Institut d'Hygiène et d'Epidémiologie, Bruxelles, Belgique.
D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans