Surveillance of environmental fungi, with focus on Aspergillus, in a Portuguese Central Hospital.

Objectives: Because immunocompromised patients are more prone to acquire nosocomial infections caused by fungi isolated from the environment, e.g. Aspergillus, this study aimed to screen the hospital environment for the presence of fungi and to understand their epidemiology in the different hospital...

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Main Author: Sabino, Raquel (author)
Other Authors: Viegas, C. (author), Veríssimo, C. (author), Martins, C. (author), Clemons, K.V. (author), Stevens, D.A. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/1812
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/1812