| biofilm formation is a risk factor for mortality in patients with candida albicans bloodstream infection-scotland, 2012-2013. | bloodstream infections caused by candida species remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. biofilm formation by candida species is an important virulence factor for disease pathogenesis. a prospective analysis of patients with candida bloodstream infection (n = 217) in scotland (2012-2013) was performed to assess the risk factors associated with patient mortality, in particular the impact of biofilm formation. candida bloodstream isolates (n = 280) and clini ... | 2016 | 26432192 |
| one year prospective survey of candida bloodstream infections in scotland. | a 12 month survey of candidaemia in scotland, uk, in which every scottish hospital laboratory submitted all blood isolates of yeasts for identification, strain typing and susceptibility testing, provided 300 isolates from 242 patients, generating incidence data of 4.8 cases per 100,000 population per year and 5.9 cases per 100,000 acute occupied bed days; 27.9 % of cases occurred in intensive care units. more than half the patients with candidaemia had an underlying disease involving the abdomen ... | 2007 | 17644714 |