Two years of a fungal aerobiocontamination survey in a Florentine haematology ward

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 693-698

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Sanita Pubblica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne fungi; Aspergillus fumigatus; Concentration; Invasive aspergillosis; Neutropenic patients

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; WARD; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGUS; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGI; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; ITALY; NEUTROPENIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16544385477     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000036778.13006.16     Document Type: Article

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