Secular trend of hospital-acquired candidemia among intensive care unit patients in the United States during 1989-1999

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作者
Trick, WE
Fridkin, SK
Edwards, JR
Hajjeh, RA
Gaynes, RP
机构
[1] CDCP, Mycot Dis Branch, Div Bacterial & Mycot Dis, Natl Ctr Infect Dis,Publ Hlth Serv,US Dept HHS, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[2] CDCP, Hlth Outcomes Branch, Publ Hlth Serv, US Dept HHS, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[3] CDCP, Epidemiol & Lab Branch, Div Healthcare Qual Promot, Publ Hlth Serv,US Dept HHS, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
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10.1086/342300
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
We describe the annual incidence of primary bloodstream infection (BSI) associated with Candida albicans and common non-albicans species of Candida among patients in intensive care units that participated in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system from 1 January 1989 through 31 December 1999. During the study period, there was a significant decrease in the incidence of C. albicans BSI (P < .001) and a significant increase in the incidence of Candida glabrata BSI (P = .05).
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