How clean is the linen at my hospital? the mucorales on unclean linen discovery study of large United States transplant and cancer centers

Alexander J. Sundermann; Cornelius J. Clancy; A. William Pasculle; Guojun Liu; Richard B. Cumbie; Eileen Driscoll; Ashley Ayres; Lisa Donahue; Steven A. Pergam; Lilian Abbo; David R. Andes; Pranatharthi Chandrasekar; Alison L. Galdys; Kimberly E. Hanson; Kieren A. Marr; Jeanmarie Mayer; Seema Mehta; Michele I. Morris; John Perfect; Sanjay G. Revankar; Becky Smith; Sankar Swaminathan; George R. Thompson; Merin Varghese; Jose Vazquez; Estella Whimbey; John R. Wingard; M. Hong Nguyen

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How clean is the linen at my hospital? the mucorales on unclean linen discovery study of large United States transplant and cancer centers

Alexander J. Sundermann, Cornelius J. Clancy, A. William Pasculle, Guojun Liu, Richard B. Cumbie, Eileen Driscoll, Ashley Ayres, Lisa Donahue, Steven A. Pergam, Lilian Abbo, David R. Andes, Pranatharthi Chandrasekar, Alison L. Galdys, Kimberly E. Hanson, Kieren A. Marr, Jeanmarie Mayer, Seema Mehta, Michele I. Morris, John Perfect, Sanjay G. RevankarBecky Smith, Sankar Swaminathan, George R. Thompson, Merin Varghese, Jose Vazquez, Estella Whimbey, John R. Wingard, M. Hong Nguyen

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Mucormycosis outbreaks have been linked to contaminated linen. We performed fungal cultures on freshly-laundered linens at 15 transplant and cancer hospitals. At 33% of hospitals, the linens were visibly unclean. At 20%, Mucorales were recovered from >10% of linens. Studies are needed to understand the clinical significance of our findings.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	850-853
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	68
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy669
State	Published - Feb 15 2019

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Financial support. This work was supported by an unrestricted research grant to M. H. N. from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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Potential conflicts of interest. J. P. reports grants and personal fees from Astellas; grants, personal fees, and other support from Merck; personal fees and other support from F-2G, Cidara, Scynexis, and Viamet; and grants and other support from Amplyx during the conduct of the study. J. R. W. reports personal fees from Astellas, Merck, Shire, Fate, Pluristem, and Celgene outside the submitted work. S. G. R. reports grants from Gilead, Merck, Astellas, and Cidara; royalties from Elsevier; and travel expenses paid by Wayne State University. L. A. reports personal fees from Merck Sharp & Dohme Brazil, Achaogen, and Pfizer Latin America outside the submitted work. All other authors report no potential conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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© Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018.

Keywords

Mucorales
Rhizopus
Syncephalastrum
healthcare linens
microbiologic surveillance

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Sundermann, A. J., Clancy, C. J., Pasculle, A. W., Liu, G., Cumbie, R. B., Driscoll, E., Ayres, A., Donahue, L., Pergam, S. A., Abbo, L., Andes, D. R., Chandrasekar, P., Galdys, A. L., Hanson, K. E., Marr, K. A., Mayer, J., Mehta, S., Morris, M. I., Perfect, J., ... Nguyen, M. H. (2019). How clean is the linen at my hospital? the mucorales on unclean linen discovery study of large United States transplant and cancer centers. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(5), 850-853. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy669

Sundermann, AJ, Clancy, CJ, Pasculle, AW, Liu, G, Cumbie, RB, Driscoll, E, Ayres, A, Donahue, L, Pergam, SA, Abbo, L, Andes, DR, Chandrasekar, P, Galdys, AL, Hanson, KE, Marr, KA, Mayer, J, Mehta, S, Morris, MI, Perfect, J, Revankar, SG, Smith, B, Swaminathan, S, Thompson, GR, Varghese, M, Vazquez, J, Whimbey, E, Wingard, JR & Nguyen, MH 2019, 'How clean is the linen at my hospital? the mucorales on unclean linen discovery study of large United States transplant and cancer centers', Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 850-853. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy669

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