Epidemiology of Candida blood stream infections: Experience of a tertiary care centre in North India

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 670-675

  Chander, Jagdish ^a   Singla, Nidhi ^a   Sidhu, Shailpreet Kaur ^a   Gombar, Satinder ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candidemia; Epidemiology; ICU; Non albicans Candida

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INDIA; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84884265500     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2623     Document Type: Article

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