Molecular epidemiology of Aspergillus fumigatus: An in-depth genotypic analysis of isolates involved in an outbreak of invasive aspergillosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3498-3503

  Guinea, Jesús ^a,b,c,d   De Viedma, Darío García ^a,b,c   Peláez, Teresa ^a,b,c,d   Escribano, Pilar ^a,b,c   Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b,c,d   Meis, Jacques F ^e   Klaassen, Corné H W ^e   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^e CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE VIRUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SURGICAL WOUND;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SPAIN;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 80053466170     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01159-11     Document Type: Article

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