1214Environment as a Potential Source of Fusarium spp. Invasive Infections in Immunocompromised Patients

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Background. An eight-year surveillance, in our hospital, recorded the occurrence of 34 cases of invasive fusariosis in immunocompromised patients. As Fusarium spp. are widely distributed in soil, plants and in the environment, we made the hypothesis that an environmental source might be associated with the clinical cases. Our objectives were to compare the molecular relationship of Fusarium spp. isolated from air sampling with Fusarium spp. strains obtained from blood cultures of hospitalized patients