| european confederation of medical mycology (ecmm) prospective survey of candidaemia: report from one italian region. | an ecmm epidemiological prospective survey of candidaemia was performed in one italian region (lombardy; population: 8 924 870) by the national society of medical mycology (fimua) from september 1997 to december 1999. in total, 569 episodes were reported with an overall rate of 0.38/1000 admissions, 4.4/100000 patient days. predisposing factors included presence of an intravascular catheter (89%), antibiotic treatment (88%), surgery (56%), intensive care (45%), solid tumour (28%), steroid treatm ... | 2002 | 12183145 |