Candida albicans versus non-albicans intensive care unit-acquired bloodstream infections: Differences in risk factors and outcome

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 523-529

  Dimopoulos, George ^a   Ntziora, Fotinie ^b   Rachiotis, George ^a   Armaganidis, Apostolos ^c   Falagas, Matthew E ^b,d,e  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WARD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 38549163599     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181607262     Document Type: Article

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