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ReviewAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2020

Epidemiological Trends of Fungemia in Greece with a Focus on Candidemia during the Recent Financial Crisis: a 10-Year Survey in a Tertiary Care Academic Hospital and Review of Literature.

Maria Siopi, Aikaterini Tarpatzi, Eleni Kalogeropoulou, Sofia Damianidou, Alexandra Vasilakopoulou, Sophia Vourli, Spyros Pournaras, Joseph Meletiadis

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In one paragraph

Review in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. BeyondJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  6. Temporal changes in fungal epidemiology in ICU post-operative peritonitis cases.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  13. Changing Epidemiology ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  14. Rapid Identification of Clinically RelevantJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  15. Increase in candidemia cases and emergence of fluconazole-resistantEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024
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  16. Unresolved issues in the diagnosis of catheter related candidemia: A position paper.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2024
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  17. Candida parapsilosis complex in the clinical setting.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2024
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  19. Paradigm Shift:Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Article
  20. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria SiopiClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Aikaterini TarpatziClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Eleni KalogeropoulouClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Sofia DamianidouClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Alexandra VasilakopoulouClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Sophia VourliClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Spyros PournarasClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Joseph MeletiadisClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece jmeletiadis@med.uoa.gr.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Updated information on the epidemiology of candidemia, particularly during severe socioeconomic events, is important for proper management of these infections. A systematic literature review on candidemia in Greece and a retrospective surveillance study were conducted in a tertiary university hospital during the years of the recent financial crisis (2009 to 2018) in order to assess changes in incidence rates, patient characteristics, species distribution, antifungal susceptibilities, and drug consumption. The average annual incidence of 429 candidemic episodes was 2.03/10,000 bed days, with 9.88 in adult intensive care units (ICUs), 1.74 in surgical wards, and 1.81 in internal medicine wards, where a significant increase was observed (1.15, 1.85, and 2.23/10,000 bed days in 2009 to 2011, 2012 to 2014, and 2015 to 2018, respectively;

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsCandida glabrataCandida tropicalisCandidemiaDrug Resistance, FungalFluconazoleGreeceHumansPichiaSepsisTertiary Health CareAntifungal AgentsFluconazoleantifungal susceptibilitybloodstream infectionCandida spp.epidemiologyfinancial crisisGreece

Identifiers

PMID31871083
PMCPMC7038287
OpenAlexW2998486900

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