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Four outbreaks of nosocomial systemic candidiasis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

J. P. Burnie ,
Ruth Matthews ,
Woei Lee ,
J. Philpott Howard ,
K. Honeywell ,
N. Damani ,
Ruth Brown  and
Zoe Jordans
J. P. Burnie
Affiliation:
St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London
Ruth Matthews
Affiliation:
St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London
Woei Lee
Affiliation:
St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London
J. Philpott Howard
Affiliation:
King's College Hospital, London
N. Damani
Affiliation:
St Helier's Hospital, Carshalton
Ruth Brown
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Zoe Jordans
Affiliation:
The London Hospital Medical College
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Candida albicans has recently been described as a cause of nosocomial infection. This paper reports four further outbreaks occurring over a 12-month period in England. There were 13 systemic cases and 6 deaths. The outbreaks were defined by morphotyping andthe new technique of immunoblot fingerprinting. Controi of the outbreaks was produced bythe implementation of strict cross-infection control policies without recourse to systemic chemoprophylaxis.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , August 1987 , pp. 201 - 211
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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