Symptomatic and asymptomatic candidiasis in a pediatric intensive care unit
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Symptomatic and asymptomatic candidiasis in a pediatric intensive care unit
INTRODUCTION This study aimed to examine the incidence, epidemiology, and clinical characteristics of symptomatic and asymptomatic candidiasis in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and to determine the risk factors associated with symptomatic candidiasis. METHODS This retrospective study included 67 patients from a 7-bed PICU in a tertiary care hospital that had Candida-positive cultures...
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-56