Use of multilocus sequence typing for the investigation of colonisation by Candida albicans in intensive care unit patients

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-32

  Cliff, P R ^a,b   Sandoe, J A T ^a   Heritage, J ^b   Barton, R C ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida; Intensive care unit; Molecular typing; Multilocus sequence typing

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA ISOLATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARRIER STATE; DNA PROBES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 42649115839     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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