ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2009
A large outbreak of Trichophyton tonsurans among health care workers in a pediatric hospital.
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- Pediatric Tinea Capitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study from 2010 to 2021.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Genetic Predisposition and its Heredity in the Context of Increased Prevalence of Dermatophytoses.Mycopathologia · 2021Review
- [Tinea capitis-diagnostic measures in an outbreak situation : Case report and review of the literature].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2019Review
- Outbreaks And Epidemics Of Superficial Dermatophytosis Due ToClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2019Review
- Emerging issues, challenges, and changing epidemiology of fungal disease outbreaks.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2017Review
- Investigating Clinical Issues by Genotyping of Medically Important Fungi: Why and How?Clinical microbiology reviews · 2017Review
- The Changing Face of Dermatophytic Infections Worldwide.Mycopathologia · 2017Review
- Genetic Predictors of Susceptibility to Dermatophytoses.Mycopathologia · 2017Article
- Divergence among an international population of Trichophyton tonsurans isolates.Mycopathologia · 2010Article
- Strain differentiation of dermatophytes.MycopathologiaReview
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough Trichophyton tonsurans remains a major cause of dermataophytoses in US children, nosocomial spread may go unrecognized in health care settings. We describe a staff outbreak of T tonsurans infection among health care workers in a freestanding pediatric hospital.
methodsEpidemiologic evaluation (retrospective and prospective) was performed in the health care providers and ancillary staff assigned to a 27-bed inpatient medical unit in which the suspected outbreak occurred.
resultsTwenty-one individuals, including staff, a hospital volunteer, and a patient, developed tinea corporis during a 5-month period. All infections coincided with multiple admissions of a 2-year-old suspected index patient who demonstrated persistent infections of the scalp and arm. Fungal isolates obtained from the index patient and affected staff (when available) were subjected to multilocus strain typing, which revealed an identical genetic match between the index case and infected hospital personnel.
conclusionT tonsurans can spread widely among staff members caring for children with recalcitrant dermatophyte infections. Recognition that workplace transmission may be the etiology of a succession of infections occurring in a single inpatient unit is necessary to limit the number of infected individuals.
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