Risk factors for candidemia in neonatal intensive care unit patients

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-324

  Saiman, Lisa ^a   Ludington, Elizabeth ^b   Pfaller, Michael ^b   Rangel Frausto, Sigfrido ^b   Wiblin, R Todd ^b   Dawson, Jeffrey ^b   Blumberg, Henry M ^c   Patterson, Jan E ^e   Rinaldi, Michael ^e   Edwards, Jack E ^f   Wenzel, Richard P ^g   Jarvis, William ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e Univ of Texas Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida; Fungal colonization; Neonates; Premature infants; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034001629     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200004000-00011     Document Type: Article

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