Epidemiological study of invasive nosocomial candidiasis in 2 teaching hospitals in Beijing

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 88, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 1970-1973

  Cao, Bin ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wu, Lin ^a   Sun, Wen Jia ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Liu, Ying Mei ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Fluconazole; Incidence; Lungemia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CHEST INFECTION; CHINA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954775738     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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