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The following data for case patients were compared with those for control patients: underlying illness, dialysis characteristics, medications, and other possible exposure for 120 days prior to infection. Environmental assessment of water treatment, dialysis facilities, and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems of the current and previous locations of the dialysis center was performed. Samples were cultured for fungus; <jats:italic>Phialemonium<\/jats:italic> isolates were confirmed by sequencing of DNA. Investigators observed dialysis access site disinfection technique.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X00196771_abs6\"><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Four patients were confirmed as case patients, defined as a patient having intravascular infection with <jats:italic>Phialemonium<\/jats:italic> species; 3 presented with fungemia, and 1 presented with an intravascular graft infection. All case patients used a fistula or graft for dialysis access, as did 12 (75%) of 16 of control patients (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .54). Case and control patients did not differ in other dialysis characteristics, medications received, physiologic findings, or demographic factors. <jats:italic>Phialemonium<\/jats:italic> species were not recovered from samples of water or dialysis machines, but were recovered from the condensation drip pans under the blowers of the HVAC system that supplied air to the dialysis center. Observational study of 21 patients detected suboptimal contact time with antiseptic agents used to prepare dialysis access sites.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X00196771_abs7\"><jats:title>Conclusion.<\/jats:title><jats:p>The report of this outbreak adds to previous published reports of <jats:italic>Phialemonium<\/jats:italic> infection occurring in immunocompromised patients who likely acquired infection in the healthcare setting. Recovery of this mold from blood culture should be considered indicative of infection until proven otherwise. 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