Nosocomial Acquisition of Candida albicans: An Epidemiologic Study
Vazquez J, Sanchez V, Dmuchowski C, Dembry L, Sobel J, Zervos M. Nosocomial Acquisition of Candida albicans: An Epidemiologic Study. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1993, 168: 195-201. PMID: 8515108, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/168.1.195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNosocomial acquisitionMedical intensive care unitBone marrow transplant unitIntensive care unitMarrow transplant unitIndirect patient contactC. albicansPrior antibioticsCare unitProspective studyTransplant unitUniversity HospitalRisk factorsEpidemiologic studiesPatient contactPatientsEnvironmental surfacesHospital personnelCandida albicansIdentical strainsStrain typesAdmissionLength of timeRestriction enzyme analysisAlbicansNosocomial acquisition of Candida parapsilosis: An epidemiologic study
Sanchez V, Vazquez J, Barth-Jones D, Dembry L, Sobel J, Zervos M. Nosocomial acquisition of Candida parapsilosis: An epidemiologic study. The American Journal Of Medicine 1993, 94: 577-582. PMID: 8389525, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(93)90207-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitC. parapsilosisMedicine intensive care unitBone marrow transplant unitNegative initial culturesTertiary care hospitalMarrow transplant unitLittle epidemiologic informationHands of personnelImportant nosocomial pathogenStrain typesRestriction enzyme analysisCandida parapsilosisEnvironmental surfacesImmunosuppressive therapyNosocomial acquisitionAntibiotic therapyCare hospitalCare unitTransplant unitControl subjectsHand culturesNosocomial infectionsPatient strainsEpidemiologic information