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Candidemia and Invasive Candidiasis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2021
Invasive candidiasis (IC) is a collective term that refers to a group of infectious syndromes caused by a variety of species of Candida, 6 of which cause most cases globally. Candidemia is probably the most commonly recognized syndrome associated with IC; however, Candida can cause invasive infection of any organ, especially visceral organs ...
Todd P, McCarty, Cameron M, White, Peter G, Pappas   +2 more
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The Significance of Candidemia

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1967
Excerpt Members of the genusCandidaare common saprophytes on the mucous membranes and in the gastrointestinal tract of man (1, 2).
C A, Ellis, M L, Spivack
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Polymicrobial candidemia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2002
We conducted a retrospective review of the clinical data on patients with polymicrobial candidemia during a nine-year period (1992-2000) at our tertiary care University Hospital. Also, the clinical features of patients with polymicrobial vs monomicrobial candidemia were compared.
Suzanne, Pulimood, Latha, Ganesan, George, Alangaden, Pranatharthi, Chandrasekar   +3 more
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Neonatal candidemia

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1993
Fifty five clinically diagnosed cases of neonatal septicaemia of the nursery ward, Medical College Hospital Calcutta were subjected to blood culture on two consecutive days in all cases. Bacterial isolates were found in 34 (61.8%) cases as pure growth and candida species from 9 (16.4%) as pure culture.
A, Roy, P K, Maiti, S, Adhya, A, Bhattacharya, G, Chakraborty, E, Ghosh, P, Chakraborty   +6 more
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Determinants of Candidemia and Candidemia-Related Death in Cardiothoracic ICU Patients

Chest, 2003
To develop and prospectively validate models of independent predictors of candidemia and candidemia-related death in cardiothoracic ICU (CICU) patients.(1) An initial, prospective, one-center, case-control, independent predictor-model determining study; and (2) a prospective, two-center, model-validation study.The initial study was performed at the 14 ...
Argyris Michalopoulos, Stefanos Geroulanos, Spyros D Mentzelopoulos   +2 more
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Candidemia in Immunocompromised Patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1992
This study reviews data on patients with fungemia and confirms the high prevalence (50%) of infections caused by non-albicans species of Candida. Fungemia due to C. albicans or Torulopsis glabrata occurred significantly more often in patients with a solid tumor, while fungemia due to Candida tropicalis or Candida krusei was significantly more common in
Meunier, Françoise, Aoun, Michel, Bitar, Nizar   +2 more
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Candidemia in the patient with malignancy

Hospital Practice, 2018
Invasive fungal infections are a common life-threatening disease and a major cause of morbidity, particularly in patients with malignancies, and Candida spp. is the most common isolated fungi in bloodstream. Candidemia is the focus of this review, which covers an approach to diagnosis and treatment, with an emphasis on patients with malignancies. Acute
Joana, Alves, Pedro, Palma, Daniela, Azevedo, Jordi, Rello   +3 more
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Candidemia in the 21st Century

Future Microbiology, 2008
The 21st century has brought forth vast innovations in the healthcare field. The availability and use of aggressive chemotherapeutic and immunosuppressive agents as well as broad-spectrum antibacterial agents has created a large population of patients who are at increased risk of acquiring infections with fungal organisms, especially Candida species ...
Amy, Chang, Dionissios, Neofytos, David, Horn   +2 more
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