Candida glabrata fungemia. Clinical features of 139 patients

Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 220-227

  Gumbo, Tawanda ^a   Isada, Carlos M ^a   Hall, Geraldine ^a   Karafa, Matthew T ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032815877     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199907000-00002     Document Type: Article

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