Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak of fungemia caused by Candida pelliculosa (Pichia anomala) in a Korean tertiary care center

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 794-801

  Jung, Jiwon ^a   Moon, Young Sook ^a   Yoo, Jung A ^a   Lim, Ji Hun ^a   Jeong, Joseph ^a   Jun, Jae Bum ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Candida pelliculosa; Fungemia; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; RNA 16S; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA SEQUENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WICKERHAMOMYCES ANOMALUS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BUDDING YEAST; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETICS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85026662330     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2017.05.005     Document Type: Article

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