Candiduria
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Risk factors for nosocomial candiduria.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the risk factors and the Candida species that cause candiduria in hospitalized patients via a case-control study. METHODS We evaluated the results of the urine analysis of the specimens sent to the laboratories of Central Microbiology and the Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases of Selcuk University Medical School, Konya, Turkey between January ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1086/430918