Bronchial specimens positive to Candida: Nosocomial infection or colonization?;Prélèvement pulmonaire positif à Candida: Infection nosocomiale ou colonisation?

Reanimation Urgences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-328

  Azoulay, E ^a   Limal, N ^a   Mayaud, C ^a   Schlemmer, B ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Candida; Candidosis, systemic; Colonization; Colonization index; Infection; Intensive care; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MOUTH; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 16344385089     PISSN: 11646756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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