Risk factors for albicans and non-albicans candidemia in the intensive care unit*

Authors :: Robin Ruthazer
Yehuda Carmeli
Adolf W. Karchmer
Jennifer K. Chow
Deborah A. Lichtenberg
Varun Chawla
Janet Young
Yoav Golan
Susan Hadley
Source :: Critical Care Medicine. 36:1993-1998
Publication Year :: 2008
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2008.
Abstract: Objective:To determine risk factors for bloodstream infections (BSI) with Candida non-albicans (C-NA) species and Candida albicans (CA) among critically ill patients.Design:Case-control study.Setting:Adult medical and surgical intensive care units (ICUs) at two university hospitals.Patients:Consecut

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Resuscitation
biology
business.industry
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Intensive care unit
Corpus albicans
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law
Intensive care
medicine
Risk factor
Intensive care medicine
Candida albicans
business
Mycosis
Fungemia

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