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From April 1st, 2014, to March 31st, 2015, 45 hemodialysis units took part in the surveillance of vascular access–related bloodstream infections (VARBSIs) in hemodialysis (HD) patients, for a combined total of 55,640 patient-periods (Table 1). Participating units reported 156 VARBSIs in 142 patients. The proportion of patient-periods involving a…

From April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015, 67 healthcare facilities (participation rate: 75.2%) took part in the surveillance of carbapenemase-producing Gram negative bacilli (CPGNB) infections, for a total of 3,225,934 patient-days (Table 1).

The International Mycological Association recognises, in its fungal database, 87 named species within the genusStachybotrys {3971}, whereas there are 15 named species of Stachybotrys registered with the international data bank of the Universal Protein Resource agency (UniProt) along with over 10 unnamed strains {3318}.