Candida parapsilosis bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care unit patients: Epidemiologic and laboratory confirmation of a common source outbreak

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 998-1002

  Welbel, Sharon F ^a,d   Mcneil, Michael M ^b   Kuykendall, Randall J ^b   Lott, Timothy J ^b   Pramanik, Arun ^c   Silberman, Ronald ^c   Oberle, Arnold D ^c   Bland, Lee A ^a,c   Aguero, Sonia ^a   Arduino, Matthew ^a   Crow, Susan ^c   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

bloodstream; Candida parapsilosis; infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KARYOTYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029803649     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199611000-00013     Document Type: Article

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