Candida colonization and candidemia in a pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-95

  Singhi, Sunit ^a   Rao, D S V Raman ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunalok ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Candida; Candida colonization; Candidemia; Pediatric intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CALCULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC RISK OF MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 38049129580     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000298643.48547.83     Document Type: Article

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