Incidence and species distribution of candidaemia in Asia: A laboratory-based surveillance study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 946-953

  Tan, B H ^a   Chakrabarti, A ^b   Li, R Y ^c   Patel, A K ^d   Watcharananan, S P ^e   Liu, Z ^f   Chindamporn, A ^g   Tan, A L ^a   Sun, P L ^h   Wu, U I ⁱ   Chen, Y C ^i,j   Xu, Ying Chun ^f   Wang, Hui ^k   Sun, Zi Yong ^l   Wang, Lan Lan ^m   Lu, Juan ⁿ   Yang, Qing ^o   Zhang, Qiang Qiang ^p   Shao, Hai Feng ^q   Liao, Kang ^r   Woo, Patrick C Y ^s   Marak, Rungmei S K ^t   Kindo, Anupma Jyoti ^u   Wu, Chieh Liang ^v   Ho, Mao Wang ^w   Lu, Po Liang ^x   Wang, Lih Shinn ^y   Riengchan, Pattaya ^z   more..

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Sterling Hospital   (India)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^g KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^h MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^j NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^k PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^l HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^m SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^q NANJING GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NANJING MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^r THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^s UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^t SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^u Department of Medicine Sri Ram Chandra Medical College   (India)

^v Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences ^*  (Taiwan)

^w CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^x KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^y BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^z BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

Asia; Candidaemia; Disease burden; Epidemiology; Geographic; Incidence; Species identification; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TROPICS; CANDIDA; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 84942194042     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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