Genotypic analysis of pseudoepidemic due to contamination of Hanks' balanced salt solution with Candida parapsilosis.

doi:10.1128/jcm.33.8.2224-2226.1995

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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

Abstract excerpt

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...

Topics

Candida
Candidiasis
DNA, Fungal
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Contamination
Genotype
Humans
Isotonic Solutions
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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