Comparison of three methods for recovery of yeasts from hands of health-care workers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 471-473

  Strausbaugh, Larry J ^a,b   Sewell, David L ^a,c   Tjoelker, Rita C ^a   Heitzman, Teri ^a   Webster, Tina ^a   Ward, Thomas T ^a,b   Pfaller, Michael A ^c,d  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; NURSES; OREGON; YEASTS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030023431     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.471-473.1996     Document Type: Article

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