Density and molecular epidemiology of Aspergillus in air and relationship to outbreaks of Aspergillus infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1752-1757

  Leenders, Alexander C A P ^a,b   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Behrendt, Myra ^a   Luijendijk, Ad ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0032906806     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1752-1757.1999     Document Type: Article

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