Postsurgical Candida albicans infections associated with an extrinsically contaminated intravenous anesthetic agent

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1398-1403

  Mcneil, Michael M ^a   Lasker, Brent A ^a   Lott, Timothy J ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032944431     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1398-1403.1999     Document Type: Article

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