Candiduria: Prevalence, Identification of Isolated Candida Species and Trends in Antifungal Susceptibility in Hospitalized Patients

Background: Urinary tract candidiasis is known as the most frequent nosocomial fungal infection worldwide. Some of the predisposing factors of candiduria are extensive use of broad-spectrum anti-fungal agents, diabetes mellitus, indwelling urinary catheter, corticosteroids and, immunosuppressive dru...

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Main Authors: Reza Ghasemi, Mohammad Mahdi Rabiei, Ensieh Lotfali, Sara Abolghasemi, Saham Ansari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2020-06-01
Series:Novelty in Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/nbm/article/view/26963