Nosocomial candidemia in patients admitted to medicine wards compared to other wards: a multicentre study.
Roberto LuzzatiMaria MerelliFilippo AnsaldiChiara RosinAnnamaria AzziniSilvia CavinatoPierluigi BrugnaroClaudio VedovelliAnnamaria CattelanBusetti MarinaGiuseppe GattiErcole ConciaMatteo BassettiPublished in: Infection (2016)
The burden of risk factors for candidemia was different between medicine patients and those in other wards. Despite the lower severity of candidemia in medicine patients, their mortality turned out to be higher than in surgery or ICU patients. Awareness of the best management of candidemia should be pursued, especially in medicine wards.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- minimally invasive
- intensive care unit
- cardiovascular disease
- escherichia coli
- staphylococcus aureus
- cardiovascular events
- multidrug resistant
- atrial fibrillation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acinetobacter baumannii