Environmental investigations and molecular typing of Aspergillus flavus during an outbreak of postoperative infections

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-155

  Heinemann, S ^a   Symoens, F ^a   Gordts, B ^b   Jannes, H ^b   Nolard, N ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Environmental survey; RADP typing; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BUILDING; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIC; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS SPORE; GENOTYPE; HEART SURGERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL WARD;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BELGIUM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 2942529279     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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