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Epidemiology of Community‐Onset Candidemia in Connecticut and Maryland
Author(s) -
André N. Sofair,
G. Marshall Lyon,
Sharon HuieWhite,
Errol Reiss,
Lee H. Harrison,
Laurie Thomson Sanza,
Beth A. ArthingtonSkaggs,
Scott K. Fridkin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/504807
Subject(s) - medicine , candida parapsilosis , candida tropicalis , epidemiology , case fatality rate , candida glabrata , population , fungemia , candida albicans , central venous catheter , mycosis , pediatrics , surgery , antifungal , catheter , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , environmental health , dermatology
Almost one-third of patients with bloodstream infections with Candida species (candidemia) have onset of disease that occurs outside of the hospital or < or = 2 days after hospital admission (i.e., community-onset candidemia). We compared the characteristics of patients who developed candidemia by the timing of onset of infection.

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