Epidemiology of Invasive Candidiasis [PDF]
Clinical EpidemiologyDerek J Bays,1 Emily N Jenkins,2,3 Meghan Lyman,3 Tom Chiller,3 Nora Strong,4 Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner,4 Martin Hoenigl,5– 7 Peter G Pappas,8 George R Thompson III1,9 1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine ...
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Overview of Risk Factors and Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis [PDF]
Journal of FungiInvasive candidiasis is a significant concern in healthcare environments, and awareness of these infections has increased in recent years. A growing number of risk factors, the ability of some Candida species to progress from colonization to tissue ...
Valentina Daniela Sisu, Anda Băicuș
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Use of Recombinant Antigens for the Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis [PDF]
Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2008 Invasive candidiasis is a frequent and often fatal complication in immunocompromised and critically ill patients. Unfortunately, the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis remains difficult due to the lack of specific clinical symptoms and a definitive ...
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Clinical predictors, species distribution, and machine learning–based risk stratification of invasive candidiasis and in-hospital mortality: a retrospective episode-level cohort analysis [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Invasive candidiasis carries disproportionate mortality in hospitalised patients, yet the clinical determinants distinguishing invasive from non-invasive disease remain inconsistently characterised across healthcare settings.
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PLoS Pathogens, 2012 Invasive candidiasis is the 4(th) leading cause of nosocomial bloodstream infection in the US with mortality that exceeds 40% despite administration of antifungal therapy; neutropenia is a major risk factor for poor outcome after invasive candidiasis. In
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Pediatric Invasive Candidiasis: Epidemiology and Diagnosis in Children
Journal of Fungi, 2016 Pediatric patients present with differing underlying conditions and cytotoxic therapeutic protocols, so the differing epidemiology of invasive candidiasis in children versus adults is not surprising.
William J. Steinbach
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Epidemiology and risk factors for invasive candidiasis
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2014 Nur Yapar Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey Abstract: The number of immunosuppressive patients has increased significantly in recent years.
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MicRobiological diagnosis of invasive candidiasis [PDF]
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2009 background Candida spp. are responsible for opportunistic fungal infections in patients with known risk factors. Clinical diagnosis of invasive candidiasis is difficult because clinical features and symptoms are usually non-specific.
Eva Sodja, Tadeja Matos, Saša Simčič
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Temporal Trends and Seasonality of Invasive Candidiasis During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis in Colombia [PDF]
Journal of FungiInvasive candidiasis is a severe opportunistic infection whose incidence may be influenced by major disruptive events. The COVID-19 pandemic substantially altered hospital dynamics in Colombia.
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Micafungin in the treatment of invasive candidiasis and invasive aspergillosis
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2009 Nathan P Wiederhold1, Jason M Cota2, Christopher R Frei11University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas, USA; 2University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy, San Antonio, Texas, USAAbstract: Micafungin is an echinocandin ...
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