Increasing fungal isolation from clinical specimens: Experience in a university hospital over a decade

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-195

  Weinberger, M ^a   Sacks, T ^a   Sulkes, J ^b,c   Shapiro, M ^a   Polacheck, I ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Candida; Ecology; Fungi; Hospital acquired infection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030906614     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(97)90206-1     Document Type: Article

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