Candidemia in patients with ventricular assist devices.

Shoham, Shmuel; Shaffer, Rebecca; Sweet, Leslie; Cooke, Richard; Donegan, Nancy; Boyce, Steven

Shoham, Shmuel; Shaffer, Rebecca; Sweet, Leslie; Cooke, Richard; Donegan, Nancy; Boyce, Steven.

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Shoham S; Department of Infectious Diseases, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA. Shmuel.Shoham@medstar.net

Clin Infect Dis ; 44(2): e9-12, 2007 Jan 15.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17173211

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

During the period 1998-2004, candidemia developed in 7 of 117 ventricular assist device recipients at our hospital, and the associated mortality rate was 71%. Five cases of candidemia were due to Candida parapsilosis, and 2 were due to Candida albicans. Three of the 7 patients with ventricular assist device-associated Candida bloodstream infections were cured, and the device was retained in 2 of the 3 patients.

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Candidiasis/etiología; Fungemia/etiología; Corazón Auxiliar/efectos adversos; Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico; Candidiasis/tratamiento farmacológico; Candidiasis/mortalidad; Estudios de Casos y Controles; Femenino; Fungemia/tratamiento farmacológico; Fungemia/mortalidad; Humanos; Masculino; Persona de Mediana Edad; Oportunidad Relativa; Estudios Retrospectivos; Factores de Riesgo

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Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Candidiasis / Corazón Auxiliar / Fungemia Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Clin Infect Dis Asunto de la revista: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Año: 2007 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos

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