Yeast carriage on hands of hospital personnel working in intensive care units

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-51

  Huang, Y C ^a   Lin, T Y ^a   Leu, H S ^b   Wu, J L ^b   Wu, J H ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Candida sp.; Electrophoretic karyotyping; Hand carriage; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HAND; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KARYOTYPING; MYCOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHODOTORULA; YEAST;

EID: 0031801828     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90242-0     Document Type: Article

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