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Genotypic analysis of pseudoepidemic due to contamination of Hanks' balanced salt solution with Candida parapsilosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 1995
Deresinski S C, Clemons K V, Kemper C A, Roesch K, Walton B, Stevens D A
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A cluster of isolates of Candida parapsilosis recovered from clinical specimens was demonstrated, by both classical and molecular epidemiological techniques, to have resulted from contamination in the laboratory. The source of the pseudoepidemic was a repeatedly utilized contaminated container of Hanks' balanced salt solution used in specimen processing. The patterns of restriction fragment length polymorphisms...
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