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Candida strains from neonates in a special care baby unit.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Jan 1992
Sharp A M, Odds F C, Evans E G
Abstract excerpt
Carriage and acquisition of Candida spp and Candida albicans biotypes were studied among 163 neonates and 90 staff in a neonatal intensive care and surgical unit during a 17 week period. Twenty one neonates carried yeasts in the mouth, rectum or groin when first sampled, and a further 25 were positive later. C albicans accounted for 94.7% of 431 yeast isolates from neonates but only 67.4% of 43 isolates from...
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