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Genotyping and Antifungal Susceptibility of Dipodascus capitatus Isolated in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a Sicilian Hospital.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2017
Fasciana Teresa, Giuffrè Mario, Calà Cinzia, Schierz Ingrid Anne Mandy, Aquilina Giuseppe, Pinello Giuseppa, Capra Giuseppina, Lipari Dario, Corsello Giovanni, Giammanco Anna
Abstract excerpt
In August 2015, Dipodascus capitatus was isolated from two patients admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Nosocomial acquisition of the fungus was suspected and epidemiological studies were undertaken. The patients were simultaneously hospitalized, and the comparison of the two isolates by two independent molecular typing methods have confirmed clonal dissemination of a single strain of D. capitatus....
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