Is Biofilm Production a Predictor of Catheter-Related Candidemia?

Medical Mycology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 407-410

  Guembe, María ^a   Guinea, Jesús ^a,b,c   Marcos Zambrano, Laura ^a   Fernández Cruz, Ana ^a   Peláez, Teresa ^a,b,c   Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b,c   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm production; Biofilm forming isolates; Catheter related candidemia; Intravascular catheters; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM FORMING ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER RELATED CANDIDEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; BLOOD; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; BIOASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFILMS; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902955156     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myt031     Document Type: Article

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