Molecular typing of environmental and patient isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus from various hospital settings

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1494-1500

  Chazalet, Valérie ^a   Debeaupuis, Jean Paul ^a   Sarfati, Jacqueline ^a   Lortholary, Jacques ^b   Ribaud, Patricia ^c   Shah, Pramod ^d   Cornet, Muriel ^e   Vu Thien, Hoang ^f   Gluckman, Eliane ^c   Brücker, Gilles ^b   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^f ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 19244375450     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1494-1500.1998     Document Type: Article

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