High frequency of yeast carriage on hands of hospital personnel.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 32 ·No. 9 ·1994-09-00 ·Pages 2299-300

Strausbaugh LJ, Sewell DL, Ward TT, Pfaller MA, Heitzman T, Tjoelker R

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.

MeSH Terms

Adult Candida/classification,isolation & purification Candidiasis/epidemiology,microbiology,transmission Carrier State/epidemiology,microbiology Comorbidity Cross Infection/transmission Eczema/epidemiology Female Hand/microbiology Hand Disinfection Humans Male Mycology/methods Nurses Personnel, Hospital Species Specificity

Authors & Affiliations

6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Strausbaugh L J

Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR 97207.

Sewell D L

Ward T T

Pfaller M A

Heitzman T

Tjoelker R

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.32.9.2299-2300.1994

Published

1994-09-00

Pages

2299-300

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC263988

Subset

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