Concentrations of airborne Aspergillus compared to the incidence of invasive aspergillosis: Lack of correlation

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-168

  Hospenthal, D R ^a,b   Kwon Chung, K J ^a   Bennett, J E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Epidemiology; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARD;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PATIENTS' ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031827625     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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