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Diagnosis of Candidemia

open access: yesCurrent Fungal Infection Reports, 2013
Patients with invasive fungal infections still have high morbidity and mortality despite an increasing number of antifungals and other therapies. Because of this problem, an accurate and rapid diagnosis is mandatory in order to improve clinical outcome in these patients. In this paper we review the tools for the diagnosis of candidemia, including blood
Vitale, Roxana Gabriela, Nucci, Marcio
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Candidemia in children [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Medical Research and Opinion, 2010
Seriously ill or immunocompromised children are at increased risk of invasive fungal infections, particularly candidemia. Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis are the two most frequent causes of candidemia in pediatric patients. Candidemia in children is associated with high morbidity and mortality, increased length of hospital stays, and higher ...
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IMPACTO DA COVID-19 NA INCIDÊNCIA, DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE ESPÉCIES E NO PROGNÓSTICO DAS INFECÇÕES DE CORRENTE SANGUÍNEA POR CANDIDA

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
A Covid-19 está associada a infecções fúngicas invasivas (IFI) principalmente por Aspergillus e agentes da mucormicose. O aumento de infecção de corrente sanguínea por Candida (candidemia) também vem sendo foco de atenção.
Marcia Garnica   +4 more
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Candidemia em hospital terciário do nordeste do Brasil Candidemia in a tertiary hospital in northeastern Brazil

open access: yesRevista 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   +8 more
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Candidemia after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in an immunocompetent patient: A case report and literature review

open access: yesThe Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
Candidemia is a rare adverse event of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). To date, several case reports of post-ERCP candidemia have been reported.
Tae Young Park   +6 more
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Epidemiology and Outcomes of Candidemia: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon

open access: yesJournal of Fungi, 2023
Invasive fungal infections, notably candidemia, have been associated with COVID-19. The epidemiology of candidemia has significantly changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aline El Zakhem   +8 more
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Machine-learning based prediction and analysis of prognostic risk factors in patients with candidemia and bacteraemia: a 5-year analysis [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2022
Bacteraemia has attracted great attention owing to its serious outcomes, including deterioration of the primary disease, infection, severe sepsis, overwhelming septic shock or even death.
Yali Gao   +11 more
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Epidemiology of Candida albicans and non-C.albicans of neonatal candidemia at a tertiary care hospital in western China

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Although the majority of Candida infections occur in the developing world, candidemia epidemiology is poorly understood in these countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of non-Candida albicans (non-C.
Jinjian Fu   +7 more
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Candidemia in acute leukemia patients [PDF]

open access: yesSupportive Care in Cancer, 1997
Fungal infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with acute leukemia (AL). Candidemia, once rare, is now a common nosocomial infection because of the intensity of chemotherapy, prolonged neutropenia, administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics and use of central venous catheters (CVC).
Ribeiro, P   +5 more
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Changes in the utilization patterns of antifungal agents, medical cost and clinical outcomes of candidemia from the health-care benefit expansion to include newer antifungal agents

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Objectives: In 2014, South Korea expanded its national health insurance coverage to include newer antifungal agents, such as echinocandins. This study aimed to investigate the effects of policy change on the prescription patterns of antifungals, medical ...
Heun Choi   +13 more
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