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[Genotyping of Candida albicans strains isolated from nosocomial fungemia patients by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Apr 2005
Saraçli Mehmet Ali, Yildiran Sinasi Taner, Gönlüm Ahmet, Doğanci Levent
Abstract excerpt
Candida albicans has the most important place among fungal agents causing systemic infections. Molecular epidemiologic methods, especially pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) are used frequently for outbreak investigations and to reveal existing clones in hospital environment. In this study, from 2000 through 2003, 42 C. albicans strains, isolated from the patients with nosocomial fungemia, were genotyped by...
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