Outbreak of nosocomial fungemia caused by Candida glabrata

Mycoses

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 470-475

  Koç, A Nedret ^a   Kocagoz S ^b   Erdem, F ^a   Gunduz Z ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Fungemia; Molecular typing; Nosocomial infection; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GENOMIC DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RISK FACTORS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 0036460464     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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