Uncommon Candida Species Fungemia among Cancer Patients, Houston, Texas, USA

Uncommon Candida Species Fungemia among Cancer Patients, Houston, Texas, USA

Many uncommon Candida species that cause bloodstream infections (BSIs) are not well-characterized. We investigated the epidemiology, antifungal use, susceptibility patterns, and factors associated with all-cause death among cancer patients in whom uncommon Candida spp. BSIs were diagnosed at a cance...

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Main Authors: Dong Sik Jung, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Ying Jiang, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Candida
cancer
candidemia
echinocandin. C. kefyr
C. lusitaniae
non-albicans
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/11/15-0404_article

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