Browsing by Subject "Candidiasis"
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Brazilian guidelines for the management of candidiasis - a joint meeting report of three medical societies: Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia, Sociedade Paulista de Infectologia and Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
(Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2013-06-01)Candida infections account for 80% of all fungal infections in the hospital environment, including bloodstream, urinary tract and surgical site infections. Bloodstream infections are now a major challenge for tertiary ...
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Efeito da candidemia hospitalar sobre a letalidade e o tempo de hospitalização
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Endoftalmite por Candida albicans após transplante penetrante de córnea: relato de caso
(Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia, 2004-04-01)The authors report a case of a patient submitted to penetrating corneal graft for keratoconus with an exaggerated inflammatory response during the postoperative period. The patient was suspected of having an atypical ...
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Gastrointestinal translocation as a possible source of candidemia in an AIDS patient
(Instituto de Medicina Tropical, 1996-06-01)Apart from cryptococcosis and histoplasmosis, which are mycoses contained by T cell-mediated mechanisms of host defense, fungemia is rarely found in AIDS patients. The frequency of fungemia due to Candida spp. has been ...
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Infecção e colonização por Candida spp, em cavidade oral de pacientes transplantados hepáticos: identificação das espécies e perfil de sensibilidade
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2020-06-25)Introduction: Fungal infections are frequent after liver transplantation, and these microorganisms are responsible for a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Objective: To verify infection and oral colonization by Candida ...
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Invasive candidosis: contrasting the perceptions of infectious disease physicians and intensive care physicians
(Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, 2013-07-23)Introduction We analyze how infectious disease physicians perceive and manage invasive candidosis in Brazil, in comparison to intensive care unit specialists. Methods A 38-question survey was administered to 56 participants. ...
