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Prevalent nosocomial clusters among causative agents for candidemia in Hamilton, Canada.
Medical mycology - 1 Jul 2011
Maganti Harinad, Yamamura Deborah, Xu Jianping
Abstract excerpt
In Canada, the incidence of candidemia, the bloodstream infection caused by Candida species, varied from 1.2-5.1 cases/100,000, representing the third most common type of bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients. However, the relative contributions of nosocomial transmission in candidemia remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of nosocomial clusters among the...
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