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Molecular investigation of two consecutive nosocomial clusters of Candida tropicalis candiduria using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) - 1 Jun 2004
Rho Joon, Shin Jong Hee, Song Jeong Won, Park Mi-Ra, Kee Seung Jung, Jang Sook Jin, Park Young Kyu, Suh Soon Pal, Ryang Dong Wook
Abstract excerpt
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing was applied to the epidemiological investigation of 21 Candida tropicalis isolates collected from urine specimens of 11 patients and one healthcare worker, in an intensive care unit (ICU) over a 4-month period. Seventeen epidemiologically unrelated strains from 14 patients were also tested to determine the discriminatory power of PFGE. PFGE typing consisted of...
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