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Molecular epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis: lessons learned from an outbreak investigation in an Australian hematology unit.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Dec 2009
Kidd Sarah E, Ling Li Min, Meyer Wieland, Orla Morrissey C, Chen Sharon C A, Slavin Monica A
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Suspected nosocomial Aspergillus fumigatus infections in an Australian hematology unit were investigated by molecular typing of clinical and environmental isolates using polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting, CSP typing, and multilocus microsatellite typing. Only multilocus microsatellite typing revealed that all isolates were genetically distinct. The selection of an appropriate typing method is essential for...
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