Open AccessRetrospective evaluation of candidemic patients among general surgery department in a tertiary care university hospital
Author(s) -
Uğur Önal,
Dilek Yeşim Metin,
Cezmi Karaca,
Süleyha Hilmioğlu Polat,
Sinan Ersin,
Meltem Taşbakan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
turkish journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2564-7032
pISSN - 2564-6850
DOI - 10.5578/turkjsurg.4252
Subject(s) - medicine , candida parapsilosis , candida glabrata , voriconazole , candida tropicalis , candida krusei , amphotericin b , candida albicans , mortality rate , intensive care unit , fluconazole , surgery , gastroenterology , microbiology and biotechnology , antifungal , biology , dermatology
Candida species are among the most important causes of hospital acquired blood borne infections, and with high rates of mortality and morbidity, these infections are still a major problem today. History of gastrointestinal surgery, administration of total parenteral nutrition and/or wide spectrum antibiotics and immune suppression following organ transplantations are considered serious risk factors for these infections. This study aimed to evaluate the patients from our general surgery department with diagnosed candidemia; by means of strain, treatment and prognosis.