Diagnosis of candidemia by polymerase chain reaction and blood culture: Prospective study in a high-risk population and identification of variables associated with development of candidemia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 721-726

  Moreira Oliveira, M S ^a   Mikami, Y ^b   Miyaji, M ^b   Imai, T ^b   Schreiber, A Z ^c   Moretti, M L ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Division   (Brazil)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 28644444991     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0041-7     Document Type: Article

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