Notes from the Field: Probable Mucormycosis Among Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at an Acute Care Hospital - Pennsylvania, 2014-2015

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 May 13;65(18):481-2. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6518a5.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Critical Care
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Mucormycosis / diagnosis
  • Mucormycosis / epidemiology*
  • Organ Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Pennsylvania / epidemiology
  • Transplant Recipients*