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Yeasts in a hospital for patients with skin diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Dorothy A. Somerville
Dorothy A. Somerville
Affiliation:
St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Institute of Dermatology, Homerton Grove, London, E9 6BX
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The incidence and acquisition of Candida albicans and other yeasts in two wards of a skin hospital is described. Carriage rates on the skin in hospital patients is higher than is generally supposed, and cutaneous sites may act as sources of infection with these organisms.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 70 , Issue 4 , December 1972 , pp. 667 - 675
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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