Candida albicans outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit;Brote de candidemia por Candida albicans en neonatología

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-267

  Tiraboschi, Iris Nora ^a   Carnovale, Susana ^b   Benetucci, Ariana ^a   Fernández, Norma ^a   Kurlat, Isabel ^a   Foccoli, Mónica ^a   Lasala, María Beatriz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Neonatal intensive care unit; Outbreak; RAPD

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PLACENTA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SCHOOL CHILD;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 38349118030     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(07)70053-0     Document Type: Article

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