Abstract
We report 45 incidents of candidemia in 45 patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancies between 1997 and 2004. A large majority of species isolated were non-albicans and there was an unexpectedly high incidence of Candida tropicalis. The attributable mortality (15%) was interestingly low in this population of severely immunocompromised patients.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
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Candida / classification
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Candida / isolation & purification
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Candida albicans / isolation & purification
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Candida glabrata / isolation & purification
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Candida tropicalis / isolation & purification
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Candidiasis / drug therapy
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Candidiasis / epidemiology*
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Candidiasis / etiology
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Female
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France / epidemiology
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Fungemia / drug therapy
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Fungemia / epidemiology*
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Fungemia / etiology
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Hematologic Neoplasms / complications*
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Humans
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Immunocompromised Host
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Incidence
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Intestines / microbiology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Retrospective Studies