Is incidental recovery of yeast from enteric pathogen stool cultures obtained from hospitalized patients clinically significant?

A matched case-control study was conducted to investigate gastrointestinal colonization with yeast as a predictor of invasive candidiasis (IC) in patients who underwent an enteric pathogen test. No significant association was detected between gastrointestinal colonization and IC. However, gastrointe...

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Main Authors: Rachel A. Pfeifer, Peter C. Iwen, Fang Qiu, Mark E. Rupp, Elizabeth D. Hermsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-02-01
Series:Infectious Disease Reports
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/2203