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Does identification to species level provide sufficient evidence to confirm catheter-related fungemia caused by Candida albicans?
Medical mycology - 1 Oct 2013
Escribano Pilar, Guinea Jesús, Marcos-Zambrano Laura, Recio Sandra, Peláez Teresa, Rodríguez-Créixems Marta, Muñoz Patricia, Bouza Emilio
Abstract excerpt
We retrospectively studied 22 patients with catheter-related candidemia caused by Candida albicans. Strains isolated simultaneously from blood and catheter tips were genotyped using six microsatellite markers. Matches between genotypes of isolates recovered from both sample sources were found in...
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