Risk factors for candidaemia: A prospective multi-centre case-control study.

Caitlin Livia KeighleyAlun PopeDeborah J E MarriottBelinda ChapmanNarin BakKathryn DavesonKrispin HajkowiczCatriona HallidayKarina KennedySarah KiddTania C SorrellNeil UnderwoodSebastiaan van HalMonica A SlavinSharon C-A Chen

Published in: Mycoses (2020)

Risk factors for candidaemia derive from the infection source, carbapenem use, host immune function and organ-based co-morbidities. Preventive strategies should target iatrogenic disruption of mucocutaneous barriers and intravenous drug use.

Keyphrases

acinetobacter baumannii
klebsiella pneumoniae
gram negative
high dose
multidrug resistant
drug resistant
pseudomonas aeruginosa
low dose
escherichia coli