Candida bloodstream infection: Data from a teaching hospital in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 265-268

  Chang, Marilene Rodrigues ^a,d   Correia, Flávia Patussi ^a   Costa, Leonora Correa ^a   Xavier, Paula Cristhina Niz ^b   Palhares, Durval Batista ^a   Taira, Deborah Ledesma ^a   Paniago, Anamaria Mello Miranda ^a   Pontes, Elenir Rose Jardim Cury ^a   Machado, Vanessa Escobar ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade Estacio de Sa de Campo Grande   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^d Conselho Regional de Farmácia de Mato Grosso do Sul ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Candida spp.; Candidemia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049085415     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000500003     Document Type: Article

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