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ArticleIJID regions2022

A five-year retrospective descriptive study on the clinical characteristics and outcomes of candidaemia at a tertiary hospital in South Africa.

Maleeha Hussain, Andrew Whitelaw, Arifa Parker

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Article in IJID regions, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Invasive Fungal Diseases in Africa: A Critical Literature Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maleeha HussainDivision of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Andrew WhitelawDivision of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Arifa ParkerDivision of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Stellenbosch University · ZANational Health Laboratory Service · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the clinical features, microbiological profiles and outcome of patients with candidaemia at a tertiary hospital in South Africa. Methods: A retrospective study of blood cultures isolating Candida species at Tygerberg Hospital from 2014 to 2019. Results: We identified 108 patients with candidaemia. The most frequent species cultured were Conclusions: The all-cause mortality of patients with candidaemia was high. Many patients did not have follow up on blood cultures performed, were not screened for complications, nor had antifungal treatment. The study highlighted the role of Infectious Diseases consultation for candidaemia.

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CandidaemiaCandida glabrataFluconazoleSouth Africa

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PMID35755458
PMCPMC9216682
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