Nosocomial bloodstream infections associated with Candida species in a Turkish University Hospital

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-138

  Yapar, Nur ^a   Uysal, Ulker ^a   Yucesoy, Mine ^a   Cakir, Nedim ^a   Yuce, Ayse ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infections; Candida albicans; Non albicans Candida species

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 33645213833     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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