Epidemiology, molecular mycology, and environmental sources of Fusarium infection in patients with cancer

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 532-537

  Raad, Issam ^a   Tarrand, Jeffrey ^a   Hanna, Hend ^a   Albitar, Maher ^a   Janssen, Erle ^a   Boktour, Maha ^a   Bodey, Gerald ^a   Mardani, Masoud ^a   Hachem, Ray ^a   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Whimbey, Estella ^a   Rolston, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANK; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEOPLASMS; SEASONS; TEXAS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036734127     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502102     Document Type: Article

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