Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Prashant Sood, Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy, Sharon Chen, Joseph Jillwin, Ranganathan Iyer, Ajanta Sharma, Belgode Narasimha Harish, Indranil Roy, Anupma J Kindo, Deepinder Chhina, Jayanthi Savio, Deepak Mendiratta, Malini R Capoor, Shukla Das, Anita Arora, Jagdish Chander, Immaculata Xess, Appalaraju Boppe, Ujjwayini Ray, Ratna Rao, Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara, Sangeeta Joshi, Atul Patel, Raman Sardana, Anjali Shetty, Umabala Pamidimukkala
BACKGROUND: The epidemiology, clinical profile and outcome of paediatric candidemia vary considerably by age, healthcare settings and prevalent Candida species. Despite these differences, few comprehensive studies are undertaken. This nationwide study addresses this knowledge gap. METHODS: 487 children who contracted ICU-acquired candidemia at 23 Indian tertiary care centres were assessed for 398 variables spanning demography, clinical characteristics, microbiology, treatment and outcome...
July 17, 2020: Mycoses