Potential association of specific Candida parapsilosis genotypes, bloodstream infections and colonization of health workers' hands

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages O946-O951

  Delfino, D ^a   Scordino, F ^a   Pernice, I ^a   Lo Passo, C ^a   Galbo, R ^a   David, A ^a   Barberi, I ^a   Criseo, G ^a   Cascio, A ^a   Romeo, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida parapsilosis; Candida species; Candidaemia; Fungal pathogens; Healthcare workers; Microsatellite genotyping; Nosocomial fungal infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLONE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CANDIDA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI;

FUNGAL DNA;

CANDIDA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84917691613     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12685     Document Type: Article

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