Elucidating the origins of nosocomial infections with Candida albicans by DNA fingerprinting with the complex probe Ca3

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2817-2828

  Marco, F ^a   Lockhart, S R ^a   Pfaller, M A ^a   Pujol, C ^a   Rangel Frausto, M S ^a   Wiblin, T ^a   Blumberg, H M ^b   Edwards, J E ^d   Jarvis, W ^b,c   Saiman, L ^e   Patterson, J E ^g   Rinaldi, M G ^f   Wenzel, R P ^g   Soll, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032789982     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2817-2828.1999     Document Type: Article

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