Systemic neonatal candidosis: The karyotyping of Candida albicans strains isolated from neonates and health-workers

Mycoses

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-77

  Ben Abdeljelil, J ^a   Ben Saida, N ^a   Saghrouni, F ^a   Fathallah, A ^a   Boukadida, J ^a   Sboui, H ^a   Ben Said, M ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Newborns; Nosocomial infection; Nurses; PFGE; Systemic candidosis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOSOME BAND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERTRIGO; KARYOTYPING; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NURSE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

ADULT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NURSES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 72349087615     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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