Incidence, etiology and risk factors associated with mortality of nosocomial candidemia in a tertiary care hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 463-467

  Erdem, Ilknur ^a,d   Oguzoglu, Naz ^b   Ozturk Engin, Derya ^a   Ozgultekin, Asu ^c   Sengoz Inan, Asuma ^a   Ceran, Nurgul ^a   Kaya, Fatma ^b   Genc, Ipek ^a   Goktas, Pasa ^a  

^a Clinic of Infectious Disease   (Turkey)

^b Clinical Microbiology Laboratory   (Turkey)

^c HAYDARPASA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Etiology; Incidence; Mortality; Nosocomial candidemia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERALIMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINARY CATHETER; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDEMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957688075     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320305     Document Type: Article

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