Candida glabrata fungaemia in intensive care units
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Candida glabrata fungaemia in intensive care units.
Candidaemia is increasingly important in intensive care units (ICUs). Compared with Candida albicans fungaemia, the impact of C. glabrata fungaemia on ICU patients is not well-known. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features, the antifungal susceptibility and the treatment outcomes of C. glabrata fungaemia in ICU patients. The medical records of ICU patients with candidaemi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01892.x