Rapid monitoring by quantitative polymerase chain reaction for pathogenic Aspergillus during carpet removal from a hospital.
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.
Neely
Alice N
AN
Shriners Burns Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3095, USA.
Gallardo
Vince
V
Barth
Ed
E
Haugland
Richard A
RA
Warden
Glenn D
GD
Vesper
Stephen J
SJ
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