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Genotypic Analysis by 27A DNA Fingerprinting ofCandida albicansStrains Isolated During an Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Authors :
Alessia Tempera
Brunella Posteraro
Giovanni Vento
Piero Giuseppe Matassa
Stefano Petrucci
Stefania Boccia
Giovanni Fadda
Marilena La Sorda
Source :
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 23:281-284
Publication Year :
2002
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2002.

Abstract

We describe an outbreak ofCandida albicanssystemic infection involving five premature infants in a neonatal intensive care unit. Molecular and epidemiologic characterization of allC. albicansisolates was performed by DNA fingerprinting with the 27A probe. This genotypic analysis demonstrated that the isolates were identical, providing evidence for the circulation of a uniqueC. albicansstrain.

Details

ISSN :
15596834 and 0899823X
Volume :
23
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....fa1c47d7e3fb98ee13fb7a570426ed86
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1086/502052