Time to positive culture and identification for Candida blood stream infections

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-407

  Fernandez, Julianna ^a,b   Erstad, Brian L ^a,b   Petty, Wanda ^a,b   Nix, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood stream; Candida; Time delay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650729698     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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