Nosocomial transmission of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in bone marrow transplant patients

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an unusual cause of clinical infection. We describe three bone marrow transplant patients on a haematology unit who developed possible invasive disease with the organism. Two patients died and both these patients appeared to have a related strain of S. cerevisiae. Screeni ā€¦
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Authors Olver WJ;James SA;Lennard A;Galloway A;Roberts IN;Boswell TC;Russell NH;;
Journal The Journal of hospital infection
Year 2002
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12473471
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leukemia National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female male case reports DNA Genotype fatal outcome feces / microbiology drug therapy combination infection control cross infection / drug therapy cross infection / transmission* antifungal agents / therapeutic use pharynx / microbiology immunocompromised host* mycoses / etiology* amphotericin b / therapeutic use flucytosine / therapeutic use bone marrow transplantation / adverse effects* cross infection / etiology* mycoses / drug therapy mass screening pmid:12473471 doi:10.1053/jhin.2002.1314 w j olver s a james n h russell carrier state / transmission* fungal / analysis myelogenous chronic bcr-abl positive / therapy multiple organ failure / microbiology mycoses / transmission* saccharomyces cerevisiae* / genetics

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