Molecular epidemiological study of Aspergillus fumigatus in a bone marrow transplantation unit by PCR amplification of ribosomal intergenic spacer sequences

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1294-1299

  Radford, Sarah A ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth M ^a   Leeming, John P ^b   Millar, Michael R ^b,c   Cornish, Jacqueline M ^d   Foot, Annabel B M ^d   Warnock, David W ^a,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 0031969972     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1294-1299.1998     Document Type: Article

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