Association between blood glucose levels and development of candidemia in hospitalized patients

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-115

  Shoham, Shmuel ^a,b,c   Han, Grace ^b   Granek, Tal ^b,d   Walsh, Thomas ^c   Magee, Michelle F ^b,e  

^a Section of Infectious Diseases

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^e MedStar Diabetes and Research Institutes   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; CANDIDIASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67549088812     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.15.2.111     Document Type: Article

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