Value of environmental sampling and molecular typing of aspergilli to assess nosocomial sources of aspergillosis

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-53

  Rath, P M ^a   Ansorg, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus fumigatus; Bone marrow transplant recipients; Environmental spore concentration; PCR; RAPD

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNGUS SPORE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

EID: 0030817527     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(97)90072-4     Document Type: Article

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