Epidemiology, microbiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of candidemia in internal medicine wards—a retrospective study | Zendy

Noa EliakimRaz | Zendy; Roi Babaoff | Zendy; Dafna Yahav | Zendy; Shirly Yanai | Zendy; Hila Shaked | Zendy; Jihad Bishara | Zendy

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Epidemiology, microbiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of candidemia in internal medicine wards—a retrospective study

Author(s) -

Noa EliakimRaz,

Roi Babaoff,

Dafna Yahav,

Shirly Yanai,

Hila Shaked,

Jihad Bishara

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.09.018

Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , candida parapsilosis , incidence (geometry) , hazard ratio , fungemia , candida tropicalis , surgery , mycosis , confidence interval , antifungal , dermatology , physics , optics

The clinical characteristics of internal medicine ward (IMW) patients with candidemia are unclear. The aim of this study was to define the clinical characteristics of candidemic IMW patients and to study the incidence, species distribution, and outcomes of these patients compared to surgical and intensive care unit (ICU) candidemic patients.

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