Molecular epidemiology of invasive Candida albicans at a tertiary hospital in northern Taiwan from 2003 to 2011

Medical Mycology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 828-836

  Wang, Shao Hung ^a   Shen, Mandy ^a   Lin, Hsin Chieh ^b   Sun, Pei Lun ^b   Lo, Hsiu Jung ^c,d   Lu, Jang Jih ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

antifungal susceptibility test; Candida albicans; candidemia; multilocus sequence typing (MLST)

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOID SEQUENCE TYPE; DIPLOIDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNWEIGHTED PAIR GROUP METHOD USING ARITHMETIC AVERAGE; ADOLESCENT; CANDIDIASIS, INVASIVE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, INVASIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; TAIWAN; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84946216175     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myv065     Document Type: Article

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