Candida parapsilosis fungemia in neonates: Genotyping results suggest healthcare workers hands as source, and review of published studies

Mycopathologia

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 287-293

  Van Asbeck, Eveline C ^a,b,c   Huang, Yhu Chering ^d   Markham, Angela N ^a,b   Clemons, Karl V ^a,b   Stevens, David A ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Candida parapsilosis; Neonates; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FUNGEMIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGEMIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TAIWAN;

CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS;

EID: 35449003270     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9054-3     Document Type: Article

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