Nosocomial Trichophyton tonsurans in a long stay ward

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1048, 1997, Pages 277-1278

  Wood, Blair ^a   Rademaker, Marius ^a,b  

^a WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; TINEA;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TINEA;

EID: 0347210451     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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