Characterization of a possible nosocomial aspergillosis outbreak

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 543-548

  Mellado, E ^a   Diaz Guerra, T M ^a   Cuenca Estrella, M ^a   Buendia, V ^b   Aspa, J ^b   Prieto, E ^b   Villagrasa, J R ^b   Rodriguez Tudela, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Outbreak; RAPD; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SCREENING; SPUTUM;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0034309812     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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