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ArticleMycopathologia2017

Factors Influencing Non-albicans Candidemia: A Case-Case-Control Study.

Diamantis P Kofteridis, Antonis Valachis, Dimitra Dimopoulou, Angeliki M Andrianaki, Athanasia Christidou, Sofia Maraki, Nikolaos A Spernovasilis, George Samonis

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Article in Mycopathologia, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Predominance of Candida Glabrata among Non-Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Diamantis P KofteridisInfectious Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71 110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. kofterid@med.uoc.gr.
Antonis ValachisDepartment of Oncology, Mälarsjukhuset, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Dimitra DimopoulouInfectious Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71 110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Angeliki M AndrianakiInfectious Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71 110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Athanasia ChristidouClinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Sofia MarakiClinical Microbiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Nikolaos A SpernovasilisInfectious Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71 110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
George SamonisInfectious Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71 110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
University Hospital of Heraklion · GRUppsala University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study identified factors predisposing to non-albicans candidemia with special interest to prior antimicrobial treatment. A retrospective, case-case-control study was performed at the University Hospital of Heraklion, Greece, from November 2007 through September 2011 including adult patients. The study had three groups. The first included 58 patients with non-albicans candidemia, the second 48 with C. albicans candidemia, while the third (control) 104 without candidemia. Each of the two candidemia groups was compared with the control using multivariate logistic regression model. The mean (SD) age of the non-albicans, the albicans and the control patients was 67 (12), 67 (18) and 59 (19) years, respectively. The most common non-albicans Candida spp. isolated were C. parapsilosis in 19 patients (33%), C. glabrata in 17 (29%) and C. tropicalis in 15 (26%). Independent risk factors for non-albicans candidemia were prior treatment with quinolones (p < 0.001), b-lactam-b-lactamase inhibitors (p = 0.011) and presence of central venous catheter (p = 0.05), while for C. albicans candidemia were prior treatment with quinolones (p < 0.001), carbapenems (p = 0.003) along with cardiac disease (p < 0.001). Neither duration of hospitalization nor in-hospital mortality [41% for the non-albicans vs 29% for C. albicans group (p = 0.192)] was significantly different between the two candidemia groups. The study reveals the role of antimicrobial exposure as a risk factor for candidemia caused by different species. Prior treatment with b-lactam-b-lactamase inhibitors was associated with non-albicans, while with carbapenems with C. albicans candidemia. Prior use of quinolones was associated with candidemia in general.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Infective AgentsCandidaCandidemiaCase-Control StudiesDrug UtilizationFemaleGreeceHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsAnti-Infective Agentsb-Lactam-b-lactamase inhibitorsC. albicansCandidemiaCarbapenemsNon-albicans Candida spp.Quinolones

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