| rhizopus microsporus in wooden tongue depressors: a major threat or minor inconvenience? | the investigation and management of an apparent outbreak of rhizopus spp. in a london paediatric referral centre between september 1995 and april 1996 is described. the organism was identified in microbiological surveillance samples from 23 patients nursed in four hospital areas. investigations revealed the presence of the organism in spatulae from all ward areas investigated and from closed boxed containers held in the central hospital stores obtained from a new supplier. in contrast, culture o ... | 1998 | 9522289 |