Emergence of Candida parapsilosis candidemia at Cochin hospital. Characterization of isolates and search for risk factors;Émergence de candidémies à Candida parapsilosis à l'hôpital Cochin.Caracté risation des isolats et recherche de facteurs de risque

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-47

  Paugam, A ^a,b   Baixench, M T ^a   Taieb, F ^a   Champagnac, C ^a   Dupouy Camet, J ^a,b  

^a Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Candida parapsilosis; Candidemia; Echinocandins

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA METAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FRANCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECHINOCANDINS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PARIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951513685     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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