Skin colonization by Malassezia in neonates and infants

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 212-216

  Ashbee, H Ruth ^a   Leck, Astrid K ^a   Puntis, John W L ^a   Parsons, Wendy J ^a   Evans, E Glyn V ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 0036222081     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502037     Document Type: Article

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