Pseudooutbreak of Candida versatilitis fungemia in a microbiology laboratory

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-75

  Brandt, Mary E ^a   Benjamin, Lynette E ^a   Steinkraus, Gregory E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; OLIVE OIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA VERSATILITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

EID: 0037724168     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00573-4     Document Type: Article

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