Dissemination of Clinical Isolate to Hospital Environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The aim of this study was to find the source of in the intensive care unit (ICU) after an outbreak during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as there was no detected on usually screened susceptible surfaces. The screening of the ICU environment was done in April 2021 when eleven different samples were taken. One isolate was recovered from the air conditioner and was compared with four clinical isolates obtained from patients hospitalized in January 2021.