A prospective survey of air and surface fungal contamination in a medical mycology laboratory at a tertiary care university hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-194

  Sautour, Marc ^a   Dalle, Frédéric ^a   Olivieri, Claire ^a   L'ollivier, Coralie ^a   Enderlin, Emilie ^a   Salome, Elsa ^a   Chovelon, Isabelle ^a   Vagner, Odile ^a   Sixt, Nathalie ^a   Fricker Pap, Véronique ^a   Aho, Serge ^a   Fontaneau, Olivier ^a   Cachia, Claire ^a   Bonnin, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONIDIUM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION RISK; MYCOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SMEAR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MYCOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 62849102311     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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