PREVALENCIA, FACTORES DE RIESGO Y MORTALIDAD DE LOS PACIENTES CON CANDIDEMIA ATENDIDOS EN EL HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS DURANTE ENERO 2008 A DICIEMBRE 2010

 

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Autores: Zárate Elizondo, Vanessa, Villalobos Zúñiga, Manuel Antonio, Mora Brenes, Nury
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2011
Descripción:Candidemia is one of most important systemicinfections in hospitalized patients and it is associated with a high risk of mortality. In San Juande Dios Hospital, the last data collected in thismatter, last from 1999. Because of this, a retrospective and descriptive study was made. It wasbased on medical files information, from patientswith a positive blood culture, where Candida sp.was identified. The period of study was betweenJanuary 2008 and December 2010, a 3 yearsperiod.The most frequent species of Candida, the mainrisk factors for this kind of infection, the mortality associated with this disease and the treatmentadministered to the patients were the most im-portant issues assessed.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/6502
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/clinica/article/view/6502
Palabra clave:candida
candidemia
prevalence
central venous catheter
prevalencia
catéter venoso central