Rebecca Catalanello from Nola.com reports on April 16, 2014 that the CDC linked contaminated linens from TLC services in New Orleans to the outbreak of Mucormycosis that resulted in five pediatric patient deaths at New Orleans Children Hospital. The deaths occurred over an 11 month period ending in July of 2009.
This is a link to further information about Mucor spp. one of the possible organisms causing mucormycosis.
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| Mucor spp. 400x photomicrograph - N. Carlson |
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