Risk Factors for Candidal Bloodstream Infections in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients: The NEMIS Prospective Multicenter Study

M. Blumberg, Henry; R. Jarvis, William; Michael Soucie, J.; Edwards, Jack; E. Patterson, Jan; A. Pfaller, Michael; Sigfrido Rangel‐Frausto, M.; G. Rinaldi, Michael; Saiman, Lisa; Todd Wiblin, R.; P. Wenzel, Richard; NEMIS Study Group, the

doi:10.1086/321811

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Risk Factors for Candidal Bloodstream Infections in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients: The NEMIS Prospective Multicenter Study

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Jul 15, 2001

Authors:

Henry M. Blumberg

William R. Jarvis

J. Michael Soucie

Abstract

To assess risk factors for development of candidal blood stream infections (CBSIs), a prospective cohort study was performed at 6 sites that involved all patients admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for >48 h over a 2-year period. Among 4276 such patients, 42 CBSIs occurred (9.82 CBS...

Subject

Medicine

Prospective cohort study

Intensive care unit

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