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Nosocomial Candida guilliermondii Fungemia in Cancer Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Masoud Mardani ,
Hend A. Hanna ,
Essam Girgawy  and
Issam Raad
Masoud Mardani
Affiliation:
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Medical Specialties, Section of Infection Control, Houston, Texas
Hend A. Hanna
Affiliation:
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Medical Specialties, Section of Infection Control, Houston, Texas
Essam Girgawy
Affiliation:
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Medical Specialties, Section of Infection Control, Houston, Texas
Issam Raad*
Affiliation:
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Medical Specialties, Section of Infection Control, Houston, Texas
*
Section of Infection Control, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
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Abstract

From 1988 to 1998, we identified nine patients with Candida guilliermondii fungemia. Four of the five patients with nosocomial infection died, while all of the non-nosocomial cases survived, even though one half of them (2/4) did not receive any treatment Nosocomial C guilliermondii fungemia is often associated with poor outcome despite aggressive antifungal therapy.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , May 2000 , pp. 336 - 337
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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