Publications

recovery of filamentous fungi from water in a paediatric bone marrow transplantation unit.	in order to determine whether water or water-related surfaces are a reservoir for opportunistic filamentous fungi, water sampling in the paediatric bone marrow transplantation (bmt) unit of the national hospital university of oslo, norway was performed. during a six-month period 168 water samples and 20 samples from water-related surfaces were taken. the water samples were taken from the taps and showers in the bmt unit and from the main pipe supplying the paediatric department with water. in ad ...	2001	11170779
point-of-use filtration method for the prevention of fungal contamination of hospital water.	published data implicate hospital water as a potential source of opportunistic fungi that may cause life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. point-of-care filters are known to retain bacteria, but little is known about their efficacy in reducing exposure to moulds. we investigated the effect of point-of-use filters (pall-aquasafe) on the level of contamination of aspergillus fumigatus and other filamentous fungi. the point-of-use filters were applied to several outlets (taps an ...	2010	20542590