title: Microsatellite multilocus genotyping clarifies the relationship of Candida parapsilosis strains involved in a neonatal intensive care unit outbreak.
abstract: Microsatellite typing of 25 Candida parapsilosis isolates from a described outbreak in a neonatal intensive care showed 2 large groups of blood isolates that were related to hand isolates from specific hospital staff, not infant-colonizing isolates. These results demonstrate the power of this typing tool in clarifying epidemiologic associations.
authors.affiliation: CBMA-Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga 4710-057, Portugal.
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Karl V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Clemons
authors.forename: Yhu-Chering
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Célia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pais
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal