Outbreak of candida tropicalis fungemia in a neonatal intensive care unit

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 587-590

  Finkelstein, R ^a   Reinhertz, G ^a   Hashman, N ^a   Merzbach, D ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR;

CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ISRAEL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0027685745     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/646643     Document Type: Article

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