Long-Term Colonization with Pneumocystis jirovecii in Hospital Staffs: A Challenge to Prevent Nosocomial Pneumocystosis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 614-615

  Durand Joly, Isabelle ^a   Soula, Fabienne ^a   Chabé, Magali ^a   Dalle, Jean Hugues ^a   Lafitte, Jean Jacques ^a   Senechal, Magalie ^a   Pinon, Anthony ^b   Camus, Daniel ^a   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME DNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OROPHARYNX; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 0348226948     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00650.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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