Molecular epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis: Lessons learned from an outbreak investigation in an Australian hematology unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1223-1226

  Kidd, Sarah E ^a,b,c   Ling, Li Min ^b,d,h   Meyer, Wieland ^f,g   Morrissey, C Orla ^a,b,c   Chen, Sharon C A ^f,g   Slavin, Monica A ^b,d,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Victorian Infectious Diseases Service   (United States)

^d PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^e Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUSTRALIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGY UNIT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS MICROSATELLITE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 73449120388     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648452     Document Type: Article

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