Colonization by yeasts in newborns and healthcare personnel in a neonatal intensive care unit at a university hospital in Bogotá, Colombia;Colonización por levaduras en recién nacidos y personal de salud en la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales de un hospital universitario en Bogotá, Colombia

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-111

  Orozco, Paula Andrea ^a   Cortés, Jorge Alberto ^b   Parra, Claudia Marcela ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Colombia)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida spp.; Colonization; Newborn

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOUTH CAVITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NURSE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE CULTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CARRIER STATE; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; COLOMBIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YEASTS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 67650638863     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(09)70020-8     Document Type: Article

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