Nosocomial outbreak of Blastoschizomyces capitatus associated with contaminated milk in a haematological unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 274-278

  Gurgui, M ^a,b,c   Sanchez, F ^a,b,c   March, F ^a   Lopez Contreras, J ^a,b,c   Martino, R ^a   Cotura, A ^a   Galvez, M L ^a   Roig, C ^a   Coll, P ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c REIPI (Spanish Network for Investigation of Infectious Pathology)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blastoschizomyces capitatus; Milk vacuum flasks; Nosocomial outbreak; Surveillance cultures

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ENDONUCLEASE; GENOMIC DNA; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLONAL SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIPODASCUS CAPITATUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MOLECULAR TYPING; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; VACUUM;

ANIMALS; CROSS INFECTION; DIPODASCUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MILK; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 79960187153     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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