Candidaemia in internal medicine departments: The burden of a rising problem

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Bassetti, M ^a   Molinari, M P ^b   Mussap, M ^b   Viscoli, C ^c   Righi, E ^a  

^a S Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Candidaemia; Internal medicine ward; Mortality; Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDEMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE WARD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDEMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876786293     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12155     Document Type: Article

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