Vertical and horizontal transmission of unique Candida species to premature newborns

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 803-808

  Waggoner Fountain, Linda A ^c   Walker, M Whit ^a   Hollis, Richard J ^d   Pfaller, Michael A ^d   Ferguson II, James E ^d   Wenzel, Richard P ^b   Donowitz, Leigh G ^d  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; NEWBORN; NURSERY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030057229     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.803     Document Type: Article

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