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Candida virulence properties and adverse clinical outcomes in neonatal candidiasis.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Sept 2012
Bliss Joseph M, Wong Angela Y, Bhak Grace, Laforce-Nesbitt Sonia S, Taylor Sarah, Tan Sylvia, Stoll Barbara J, Higgins Rosemary D, Shankaran Seetha, Benjamin Daniel K
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether premature infants with invasive Candida infection caused by strains with increased virulence properties have worse clinical outcomes than those infected with less virulent strains. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical isolates were studied from 2 populations of premature infants, those colonized with Candida spp (commensal; n = 27) and those with invasive candidiasis (n = 81). Individual...
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