An outbreak of candidemia due to Candida tropicalis in a neonatal intensive care unit

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 287-292

  Chowdhary, A ^a   Becker, K ^b   Fegeler, W ^b   Gugnani, H C ^a   Kapoor, L ^c   Randhawa, V S ^c   Mehta, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; Candidemia; Intensive care; Neonates

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERALIMENTATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE CULTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGEMIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI;

EID: 0141788004     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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