A nosocomial outbreak of Candida parapsilosis in southern Sweden verified by genotyping

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-142

  Brillowska Dabrowska, Anna ^b,d   Schön, Thomas ^a   Pannanusorn, S ^c   Lonnbro N ^a   Bernhoff, L ^a   Bonnedal, J ^a   Haggstrom J ^a   Wistedt, A ^a   Fernandez, V ^c   Arendrup, M C ^b  

^a KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED MICROSATELLITE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN;

EID: 58449086417     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802585301     Document Type: Article

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