Preventing healthcare-associated Aspergillus infections: review of recent CDC/HICPAC recommendations.
Aspergillus spp. are ubiquitous environmental fungi that are increasingly recognized as a cause of severe illness and mortality in immunocompromised patients. More than 60 outbreaks of healthcare-associated invasive aspergillosis have been described in the English literature. Information gained from outbreak investigations, especially control measures, form the basis for current guidelines to prevent healthcare-associated aspergillosis. Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) provide evidence-based recommendations for preventing healthcare-associated aspergillosis and should be adopted by healthcare facilities.
Weber
David J
DJ
Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030, USA. dweber@unch.unc.edu
Peppercorn
Amanda
A
Miller
Melissa B
MB
Sickbert-Benett
Emily
E
Rutala
William A
WA
D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States