A quantitative study of the survival of two species of Candida on porous and non-porous environmental surfaces and hands

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 549-555

  Traore O ^a   Springthorpe, V S ^a   Sattar, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; GLASS; STAINLESS STEEL; YEAST;

ALBICANS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; HUMAN PATHOGENS; INFECTION CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE DATA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY;

CANDIDA;

GLASS; POLYESTER; STAINLESS STEEL;

FUNGUS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HAND; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SKIN; SOIL; SURVIVAL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0036122253     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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