Prevalent nosocomial clusters among causative agents for candidemia in Hamilton, Canada

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 530-538

  Maganti, Harinad ^a   Yamamura, Deborah ^b,c   Xu, Jianping ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

candidemia; nosocomial clusters; PCR fingerprinting; strain replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CANADA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ONTARIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 79959277243     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.547880     Document Type: Article

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