High frequency of yeast carriage on hands of hospital personnel
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 32 (9) , 2299-300
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.32.9.2299-2300.1994
Abstract
The hands of 36 nurses and 21 nonnursing hospital employees were tested by culture with a modification of the broth wash technique. Seventy-five percent of the nurses and 81% of the nonnurses were found to harbor yeasts on their hands; 58% of nurses and 38% of nonnurses were carrying Candida spp.Keywords
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