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Nosocomial transmission of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in bone marrow transplant patients.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Dec 2002
Olver W J, James S A, Lennard A, Galloway A, Roberts I N, Boswell T C, Russell N H
Abstract excerpt
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an unusual cause of clinical infection. We describe three bone marrow transplant patients on a haematology unit who developed possible invasive disease with the organism. Two patients died and both these patients appeared to have a related strain of S. cerevisiae. Screening for S. cerevisiae from throat and stool samples revealed four further patients who were carriers. Genotyping of...
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