Environmental Investigations and Molecular Typing of Aspergillus in a Chinese Hospital

Mycopathologia

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 51-57

  Ao, Jun hong ^a   Hao, Zhen feng ^a   Zhu, He ^a   Wen, liang ^b   Yang, Rong ya ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Environmental contamination; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; OPERATING ROOM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, FUNGAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84893722164     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9697-1     Document Type: Article

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