Etiologic Agents of Candidemia in Pediatric Immunocompromised Patients
نویسندگان
1 Medical Mycology, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Professor, Medical Mycology, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Assistant professor, Medical Mycology, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4 Assistant professor, Medical Mycology, Department of Biology, School of Applied Sciences, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran
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چکیده
Abstract Background: Candidemia is the main cause of fungal nosocomial bloodstream infections and is related to meaningful mortality specially, in pediatrics. Mortality rate range from 5% to 71%, and it can reach as high as 81%. Delays in beginning of treatment have also been linked to intensified mortality. The epidemiology ...
