High frequency of yeast carriage on hands of hospital personnel.
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.
Strausbaugh
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Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR 97207.
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Ward
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Pfaller
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Heitzman
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Tjoelker
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D000328:Adult; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D004485:Eczema / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods; D009726:Nurses; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D013045:Species Specificity