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Molecular epidemiology of Candida parapsilosis sepsis from outbreak investigations in neonatal intensive care units.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2008
Reissa Errol, Lasker Brent A, Iqbal Naureen J, James Michael J, Arthington-Skaggs Beth A
Abstract excerpt
The DNA probe, Cp3-13, was used in a Southern blot assay for genotyping Candida parapsilosis (CP) from 3 fungemia outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the southeastern U.S. Genotyping, in 2 outbreaks, supplied evidence of horizontal transmission of CP. In the third outbreak, bloodstream isolates (BSIs) of 2 genotypes circulated in the NICU, one was shared by a BSI and a healthcare worker's hand...
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