Isolation of Trichosporon in a hematology ward

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-49

  Pini, Gabriella ^a,b   Faggi, Elisabetta ^a   Donato, Rosa ^a   Fanci, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Sanita Pubblica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air contamination; Genomic typing; Hematology ward; Neutropenic patients; Trichosporon asahii; Urinary catheter

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; MEROPENEM;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEVER; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII; TRICHOSPORONOSIS; URINE CATHETER; URINE CULTURE; WARD;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TRICHOSPORON; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINE;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PENICILLIUM; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII;

EID: 13844297073     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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