Fungal Isolates of the Respiratory Tract in Symptomatic Patients Hospitalized in Pulmonary Units: A Mycological and Molecular Epidemiologic Study.
Zahra RafatSeyed Jamal HashemiKeyhan AshrafiIraj NikokarAlireza JafariAbbas Rahimi ForoushaniBehrad RoohiZeinab Borjian BoroujeiniNiloofar RashidiNiki Najar-ShahriPublished in: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare (2020)
Candida albicans was the most common fungal species isolated from symptomatic patients hospitalized in pulmonary units. Tuberculosis, chemotherapy and diabetes mellitus were important underlying conditions for pulmonary fungal colonization and/or infection.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- candida albicans
- pulmonary hypertension
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- respiratory tract
- prognostic factors
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- escherichia coli
- emergency department
- cystic fibrosis
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- weight loss
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- electronic health record