title: Rapid monitoring by quantitative polymerase chain reaction for pathogenic Aspergillus during carpet removal from a hospital.
abstract: Monitoring for pathogenic Aspergillus species using a rapid, highly sensitive, quantitative polymerase chain reaction technique during carpet removal in a burn unit provided data that allowed patients to be safely returned to the refloored area sooner than if only conventional culture monitoring had been used.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Burns Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3095, USA.
authors.forename: Alice N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Neely
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Haugland
authors.forename: Glenn D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Warden
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Vesper
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D001231:Aspergillus flavus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000382:microbiology*; D005430:Floors and Floorcoverings; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction