HOSPITAL OUTBREAKS WITH YEASTS

被引:23
作者
LEE, W
BURNIE, JP
MATTHEWS, RC
OPPENHEIM, BO
DAMANI, NN
机构
[1] WITHINGTON HOSP, DEPT MED MICROBIOL, MANCHESTER 20, ENGLAND
[2] CRAIGAVON AREA HOSP, DEPT MED MICROBIOL, CRAIGAVON LAB, CRAIGAVON BT63 5QQ, NORTH IRELAND
基金
英国惠康基金;
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D O I
10.1016/0195-6701(91)90029-8
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Five previous outbreaks of disseminated candidosis due to Candida albicans are reviewed and a new outbreak on a neonatal unit in Belfast presented. This involved four disseminated cases. The control and definition of outbreaks by morpho-, immunoblot- and DNA-typing is discussed. An outbreak of Torulopsis glabrata infection involving 23 patients is described. This was defined by DNA fingerprinting with the enzyme Xba. There were five deaths attributable either completely or in part to the yeast infection. © 1991.
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页码:237 / 249
页数:13
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