Molecular epidemiology of apparent outbreak of invasive aspergillosis in a hematology ward

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 345-351

  Leenders, Alexander ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Janssen, Saskia ^a   De Marie, Siem ^a   Kluytmans, Jan ^a,b   Wielenga, Jenne ^a   Löwenberg, Bob ^a   Verbrugh, Henri ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Ignatius Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WARD;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030022660     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.345-351.1996     Document Type: Article

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