Article
Is catheter-related candidemia a polyclonal infection?
Medical mycology - 1 May 2014
Escribano P, Guinea J, Marcos-Zambrano L J, Martín-Rabadán P, Fernández-Cruz A, Sánchez-Carrillo C, Muñoz P, Bouza E
Abstract excerpt
Diagnosis of catheter-related candidemia (CRC) requires the simultaneous isolation of Candida spp. from both blood and catheter samples. We previously observed that in most CRC cases, the genotype of the yeast found in catheter samples is also recovered from blood. However, it is not clear whether CRC is a polyclonal infection. We prospectively studied 20 patients with CRC caused by Candida albicans, C....
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
