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Molecular epidemiology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in an immunocompromised host unit.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Nov 2010
Clemons Karl V, Salonen Juha H, Issakainen Jouni, Nikoskelainen Jukka, McCullough Michael J, Jorge Jacks J, Stevens David A
Abstract excerpt
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is increasingly recognized clinically, and repeated isolations from patients on a hematology unit in Turku, Finland, led to an epidemiologic investigation. Isolates were recovered from multiple body sites of 23 patients (n = 180) from 1994 to 1995 and from 29 patients (n = 45) from 1997 to 2002; these plus 2 from the hospital kitchen were identified as S. cerevisiae. Isolates were...
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