Comparison of sampling and culture methods for the recovery of yeast from hospital surfaces

Allison R. Eberly; Alyssa M. Valencia; Kate Peacock; David McDonald; Tiffany Hink; Carleigh Samuels; Lucy Vogt; Yao Peng Xue; Maggie Newberry; Caroline A. O'Neil; Gautam Dantas; Jennie H. Kwon

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.481

Comparison of sampling and culture methods for the recovery of yeast from hospital surfaces

Allison R. Eberly, Alyssa M. Valencia, Kate Peacock, David McDonald, Tiffany Hink, Carleigh Samuels, Lucy Vogt, Yao Peng Xue, Maggie Newberry, Caroline A. O'Neil, Gautam Dantas, Jennie H. Kwon

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Objective: To compare the recovery of yeast from hospital surfaces from two different collection methods: Eswab moistened with molecular water, and premoistened stick-mounted sponge. Design: Comparison of collection methods for the recovery of yeast in the hospital environment. Setting: This study took place at intensive care units of a large academic medical center.

Original language	English
Article number	e10
Journal	Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.481
State	Published - Jan 17 2025

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Eberly, A. R., Valencia, A. M., Peacock, K., McDonald, D., Hink, T., Samuels, C., Vogt, L., Xue, Y. P., Newberry, M., O'Neil, C. A., Dantas, G., & Kwon, J. H. (2025). Comparison of sampling and culture methods for the recovery of yeast from hospital surfaces. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, 5(1), Article e10. https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.481

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