Candiduria in those over 85 years old: A retrospective study of 73 patients

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1935-1940

  Fraisse, Thibaut ^a   Crouzet, Julien ^b   Lachaud, Laurence ^b   Durand, Anne ^b   Charachon, Sylvie ^b   Lavigne, Jean Philippe ^b   Sotto, Albert ^b  

^a Ales Cevennes Hospital   (France)

^b Nimes University Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Candida; Oldest old patient; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDURIA; CHARLSON SCORE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAC CABE SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; URINARY CATHETER; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 80052825722     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5560     Document Type: Article

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