Molecular typing of Candida albicans isolates from patients and health care workers in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1235-1249

  Ben Abdeljelil, J ^a   Saghrouni, F ^a   Emira, N ^b   Valentin Gomez, E ^c   Chatti, N ^d   Boukadida, J ^a   Ben Said M ^a   del Castillo Agudo, L ^c  

^a Ministry of Public Health   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Health care workers; Neonates; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; ELECTROPHORESIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISCRIMINATORY POWER; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEONATE; POLYMORPHIC DNA ANALYSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOMLY AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TUNISIA;

YEAST;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEONATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATEDNESS;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUNISIA;

TUNISIA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 80054705593     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05121.x     Document Type: Article

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