An outbreak of Candida spp. bloodstream infection in a tertiary care center in Bogotá, Colombia

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 390-394

  DiazGranados, Carlos A ^a,b,c   Martinez, Andriana ^b   Deaza, Ceneth ^b   Valderrama, Sandra ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jorge Piñeros Corpas Clinic   (Colombia)

^c Fundacion Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Candida; Colombia; Developing countries; Disease outbreaks; Fungemia; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLASTIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOMBIA; CONTAINER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINFECTION; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG TRANSPORT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGEMIA; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449167274     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000500009     Document Type: Article

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