Use of random amplified microsatellites to type isolates from an outbreak of nosocomial aspergillosis in a general medical ward

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-371

  Guarro, Josep ^a   Solé, María ^a   Castany, Roser ^b   Cano, Josep ^a   Teixidó, Anna ^b   Pujol, Isabel ^a,b   Gené, Josepa ^a   Castro, Antoni ^b   Sardà, Pilar ^b  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus fumigatus; Molecular epidemiology; RAMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED MICROSATELLITE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 22844449303     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780400005809     Document Type: Article

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