Epidemiologic and molecular characterization of an outbreak of Candida parapsilosis bloodstream infections in a community hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4468-4472

  Clark, Thomas A ^a,b   Slavinski, Sally A ^a,c   Morgan, Juliette ^b   Lott, Timothy ^b   Arthington Skaggs, Beth A ^b   Brandt, Mary E ^b   Webb, Risa M ^a,c,d   Currier, Mary ^a,c   Flowers, Richard H ^d   Fridkin, Scott K ^b   Hajjeh, Rana A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 5444266547     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4468-4472.2004     Document Type: Article

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