Detection of candidaemia in high risk patients: Can yield of blood cultures be improved by blind subculture?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-191

  Søgaard, Mette ^a   Hjort, Ulla ^a   Højbjerg, Tove ^a   Schønheyder, Henrik Carl ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 33644608067     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500388842     Document Type: Article

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