Peripherally inserted central catheter as a predominant risk factor for candidemia in critically ill patients in Internal Medicine wards in Italy

Intensive Care Med. 2015 Aug;41(8):1498-9. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-3892-0. Epub 2015 Jun 11.

Authors

Carlo Tascini¹, Emanuela Sozio, Giancarlo Tintori, Andrea Ripoli, Francesco Sbrana, Elena Rosselli Del Turco, Giacomo Bertolino, Simona Fortunato, Franco Carmassi, Gianluigi Cardinali, Francesco Menichetti

Affiliation

¹ U.O. Malattie Infettive (Infectious Diseases Unit), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 26077083
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3892-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Candidemia / drug therapy
Candidemia / epidemiology
Candidemia / etiology*
Catheter-Related Infections / drug therapy
Catheter-Related Infections / epidemiology*
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects*
Critical Illness
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Incidence
Internal Medicine
Italy
Middle Aged
Patients' Rooms
Risk Factors

Substances

Antifungal Agents