title: Notes from the Field: Probable Mucormycosis Among Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at an Acute Care Hospital - Pennsylvania, 2014-2015.
abstract: On September 17, 2015, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) notified CDC of a cluster of three potentially health care-associated mucormycete infections that occurred among solid organ transplant recipients during a 12-month period at hospital A. On September 18, hospital B reported that it had identified an additional transplant recipient with mucormycosis. Hospitals A and B are part of the same health care system and are connected by a pedestrian bridge. PADOH requested CDC's assistance with an on-site investigation, which started on September 22, to identify possible sources of infection and prevent additional infections.
authors.forename: Shannon A
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authors.lastname: Novosad
authors.forename: Amber M
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authors.lastname: Vasquez
authors.forename: Atmaram
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authors.forename: Matthew J
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authors.lastname: Moulton-Meissner
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authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Joseph F
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authors.lastname: Perz
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authors.lastname: Lockhart
authors.forename: Tom
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authors.lastname: Chiller
authors.forename: Carolyn
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authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: Lynne
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authors.lastname: Sehulster
authors.forename: Mary E
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003422:Critical Care; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D066027:Transplant Recipients