Temporal similarity between candida albicans genotypes in a Tunisian neonatal intensive care unit suggests several nosocomial cross-contamination episodes

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1161-1166

  Ben Abdeljelil, Jihene ^a   Saghrouni, Fatma ^a   Cabaret, Odile ^b   Boukadida, Jalel ^a   Bretagne, Stéphane ^b   Ben Saïd, Moncef ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CDC3 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MICROSATELLITE LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CROSS INFECTION; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; TUNISIA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84863919541     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2011.1593     Document Type: Article

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