Molecular epidemiology of late recurrent candidaemia-a population-based study in Iceland

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-201

  Asmundsdottir L R ^a   Erlendsdottir H ^a   Gisladottir A L ^b   Gottfredsson, M ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Candida; Candidaemia; Molecular epidemiology; PCR fingerprinting; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

CANDIDA;

EID: 84856227799     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03595.x     Document Type: Article

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