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Multilocus sequence typing of Candida albicans isolates from a burn intensive care unit in Iran.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2015
Afsarian Mohammad H, Badali Hamid, Boekhout Teun, Shokohi Tahereh, Katiraee Farzad
Abstract excerpt
Burn intensive care unit (BICU) patients are specifically exposed to deep-seated nosocomial infections due to Candida albicans. Superficial carriage of C. albicans is a potential source of infection and dissemination, and typing methods could be useful to trace the different isolates. Multilocus sequence typing is a powerful genotyping method for pathogenic micro-organisms, including Candida albicans. Thirty...
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