Journal article
Molecular epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis: Lessons learned from an outbreak investigation in an Australian hematology unit
SE Kidd, LM Ling, W Meyer, CO Morrissey, SCA Chen, MA Slavin
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2009
DOI: 10.1086/648452
Abstract
Suspected nosocomial Aspergillus fumigatus infections in an Australian hematology unit were investigated by molecular typing of clinical and environmental isolates using polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting, CSP typing, and multilocus microsatellite typing. Only multilocus microsatellite typing revealed that all isolates were genetically distinct. The selection of an appropriate typing method is essential for effective outbreak investigations.© 2009 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.