Candidaemia in a London teaching hospital: Analysis of 128 cases over a 7-year period

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 390-396

  Schelenz, S ^a,b   Gransden, W R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida; Candida glabrata; Candidaemia; Epidemiology; Fluconazole resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 0242467283     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0933-7407.2003.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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