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. 1987 Aug;99(1):201–211. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800067030

Four outbreaks of nosocomial systemic candidiasis.

J P Burnie, R Matthews, W Lee, J Philpott-Howard, R Brown, N Damani, J Breuer, K Honeywell, Z Jordans
PMCID: PMC2249178  PMID: 3609173

Abstract

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 and the new technique of immunoblot fingerprinting. Control of the outbreaks was produced by the implementation of strict cross-infection control policies without recourse to systemic chemoprophylaxis.

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