title: Preventing healthcare-associated Aspergillus infections: review of recent CDC/HICPAC recommendations.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030, USA. dweber@unch.unc.edu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peppercorn
authors.forename: Melissa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sickbert-Benett
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Rutala
mesh_terms: 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