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Reduction in Percentage of Clusters of Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis Causing Candidemia in a General Hospital in Madrid, Spain.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2018
Escribano Pilar, Sánchez-Carrillo Carlos, Muñoz Patricia, Bouza Emilio, Guinea Jesús
Abstract excerpt
The presence of clusters in units with a high incidence of candidemia suggests the need for the prevention of candidemia. We analyzed the percentage of patients involved in clusters and its evolution over a large period of time in a tertiary hospital. We studied 432 patients admitted to Gregorio Marañón Hospital with candidemia caused by Candida albicans (n = 276) or Candida parapsilosis (n = 156) between January...
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