Epidemiology of candidemia in Brazil: A nationwide sentinel surveillance of candidemia in eleven medical centers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2816-2823

  Colombo, Arnaldo L ^a   Nucci, Marcio ^b   Park, Benjamin J ^c   Nouér, Simone A ^b   Arthington Skaggs, Beth ^c   Da Matta, Daniel A ^a   Warnock, David ^c   Morgan, Juliette ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENTINEL EVENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 33747165092     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00773-06     Document Type: Article

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