An estimate of the incidence of candiduria among hospitalized patients in the United States [2]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 894-895

  Shay, Anthony C ^a   Miller, Loren G ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDURIA; CATHETERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 9244246256     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503489     Document Type: Letter

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