Candida albicans in a neonatal intensive care unit: Antifungal susceptibility and genotypic analysis

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-307

  Asticcioli, Sara ^a   Nucleo, Elisabetta ^a   Perotti, Gianfranco ^b   Matti, Cecilia ^b   Sacco, Laura ^b   Pagani, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Genotyping; NICU

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRON; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTRONS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 34547943035     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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