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Candidemia en Colombia

Biomédica, 2020
En Colombia, especialmente en las unidades de cuidados intensivos, la candidemia es una causa frecuente de infección del torrente sanguíneo y representa el 88 % de lasinfecciones fúngicas en pacientes hospitalizados, con una mortalidad entre 36 y 78 %.
Jorge Alberto Cortés, José Franklin Ruiz, Lizeth Natalia Melgarejo-Moreno, Elkin Lemos   +3 more
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Candidemia em hospital terciário do nordeste do Brasil Candidemia in a tertiary hospital in northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
Realizou-se um estudo observacional, prospectivo, de base laboratorial, para investigar a incidência de candidemia, distribuição de espécies e condições clínicas entre setembro 2003 e março 2004, em um hospital privado terciário em Recife, Nordeste do ...
Sylvia Lemos Hinrichsen, Érika Falcão, Tatiana Aguiar Santos Vilella, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Márcio Nucci, Líbia Moura, Leandro Rêgo, Conceição Lira, Luciano Almeida   +8 more
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Candida species distribution, antifungal susceptibility and trends causing candidemia: a 10-year observation in eastern China [PDF]

PeerJ
Objective Candidemia is a major global public health problem due to the high mortality rates and increasing antifungal resistance. This study investigated the epidemiology and risk factors of candidemia in eastern China over the past 10 years.
Peishan Cong, Biao Wang, Huiyang Qi, Guiming Zhang, Zhongjun Wang   +4 more
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Epidemiology and Outcomes of Candidemia in 2019 Patients: Data from the Prospective Antifungal Therapy Alliance Registry [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2009
BACKGROUND: Candidemia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the health care setting, and the epidemiology of Candida infection is changing. METHODS: Clinical data from patients with candidemia were extracted from the Prospective Antifungal
Dionysios Neofytos, William J Steinbach, Ali J Olyaei   +2 more
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Rare Conditions of Candidemia: Risk Factors and Outcomes for Mixed Candidemia and Late Recurrent Candidemia

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials
Introduction: Mixed candidemia (MC) and late recurrent candidemia (LRC) are rare conditions. Studies on these issues are limited. Our aim was to investigate the characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of these rare conditions. Materials and Methods:
Bahadır Orkun ÖZBAY, Aliye BAŞTUĞ, Ömer AYDOS, Nizamettin KEMİRTLEK, Derya GÖKÇINAR, Bedia DİNÇ, Hürrem BODUR   +6 more
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Procalcitonin levels in candidemia versus bacteremia: a systematic review [PDF]

Critical Care, 2019
Background Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker used to assess systemic inflammation, infection, and sepsis and to optimize antimicrobial therapies. Its role in the in the differential diagnosis between candidemia and bacteremia is unclear. The aim of this
Andrea Cortegiani, Giovanni Misseri, Mariachiara Ippolito, Matteo Bassetti, Antonino Giarratano, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Sharon Einav   +6 more
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A quality improvement initiative to improve the appropriateness of candidemia management by the implementation of a comprehensive candidemia care bundle at a tertiary care hospital in South India

Medicine, 2022
. Management of candidemia in developing countries like India encounters laxity in appropriate clinical management and challenges in terms of healthcare capacity, despite its association with high morbidity and mortality.
Merlin Moni, MD, Neeraj Sidharthan, DM, Sangita Sudhir, Pharm D, Binny Prabhu, MD, Vrinda Nampoothiri, Pharm D, Jini James, Pharm D, Jeslyn Mary Philip, Pharm D, Jisha Thomas, Pharm D, Remya Antony, Pharm D, Zubair Umer Mohamed, MD, Anil Kumar, MD, Preetha Prasanna, MBA, Fabia Edathadathil, MSc, Sanjeev Singh, MD, PhD, Dipu Sathyapalan, MD, Max Carlos Ramírez-Soto   +15 more
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Diagnostic efficiency of inflammatory signatures to distinguish isolated candidemia from candidemia with bacterial co-infection [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionTo identify the differences in inflammatory response between critically ill patients responding to combined bacterial-fungal sepsis and those with isolated fungal sepsis.MethodsA retrospective case-control study compared ICU patients who were
Magdalena Mnichowska-Polanowska, Bartłomiej Grygorcewicz, Bartłomiej Grygorcewicz, Barbara Dołęgowska, Agnieszka Boroń, Agata Michnowska, Agata Michnowska, Konrad Jarosz, Magdalena Adamowicz, Bartosz Wojciuk   +9 more
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Retrospective analysis of mortality and Candida isolates of 75 patients with candidemia: a single hospital experience

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2015
Ryuichi Hirano,1 Yuichi Sakamoto,2 Kumiko Kudo,1 Motoki Ohnishi31Department of Pharmacy, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, Japan; 2Laboratory Medicine and Blood transfusion, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, Japan; 3General Medicine,
Hirano R, Sakamoto Y, Kudo K, Ohnishi M
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Acute Renal Dysfunction and Candidemia due to Bilateral Ureteral Obstruction by <i>Candida albicans</i> Fungus Balls-Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Presented here is an extremely rare case of bilateral ureteral obstruction due to Candida albicans fungus balls, which led to acute kidney dysfunction and candidemia. An 83‐year‐old man was brought to our hospital after falling due to poor physical condition.
Kasahara M, Yamabe F, Uetani M, Kobayashi H, Nakajima K, Mitsui Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources