Fungemia in hospitals of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina;Fungemias en hospitales de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 144-149

  López Moral, Laura ^a   Tiraboschi, Iris Nora ^b   Schijman, Mariela ^c   Bianchi, Mario ^d   Guelfand, Liliana ^c   Cataldi, Silvana ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Candida; Cryptococcus; Fungaemia; Histoplasma

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGEMIA; FUSARIUM; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PICHIA; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES; TRICHOSPORON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ARGENTINA; AUTOMATION; CANDIDEMIA; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PICHIA; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); SACCHAROMYCES; TRICHOSPORON (UNCLASSIFIED);

EID: 84862592859     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: 21739188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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