A Prospective Observational Study of Candidemia: Epidemiology, Therapy, and Influences on Mortality in Hospitalized Adult and Pediatric Patients

G. Pappas, Peter; Rex, John; Lee, J.; J. Hamill, Richard; A. Larsen, Robert; G. Powderly, William; A. Kauffman, Carol; Hyslop, N.; E. Mangino, Julie; W. Chapman, Stanley; W. Horowitz, Harold; E. Edwards, John; E. Dismukes, William; Mycoses Study Group, NIAID

doi:10.1086/376906

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A Prospective Observational Study of Candidemia: Epidemiology, Therapy, and Influences on Mortality in Hospitalized Adult and Pediatric Patients

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Aug 25, 2003

Authors:

Peter G. Pappas

John Rex

J. Lee

Abstract

We conducted a prospective, multicenter observational study of adults (n=1447) and children (n=144) with candidemia at tertiary care centers in the United States in parallel with a candidemia treatment trial that included nonneutropenic adults. Candida albicans was the most common bloodstream isolat...

Subject

Medicine

Fungemia

Fluconazole

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