Two-years surveillance of fungal contamination in three hospital departments in Campania Region

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-25

  Brunetti, Luigi ^a,b   Santoro, E ^a   Cavallo, P ^a   Boccia, G ^a   Motta, O ^a   Capunzo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Hygiene and Occuupatonal Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air and surfaces sampling; Airborne fungal spores; Aspergillus spp; Environmental surveillance; Hospital

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; NURSERY; OPERATING ROOM; WINTER; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; ITALY;

EID: 33750728913     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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