Ocular involvement in hospitalized patients with candidemia: Analysis at a boston tertiary care center

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-103

  Huynh, Nancy ^a   Chang, Han Ying Peggy ^a   Borboli Gerogiannis, Sheila ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida; Chorioretinitis; Endophthalmitis; Eye; Fungus

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CHORIORETINITIS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BOSTON; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858163006     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2011.646383     Document Type: Review

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