| in vitro susceptibility of yeasts isolated from patients in intensive care units to fluconazole and amphotericin b during a 3-year period. | fungal infections have increased dramatically in recent years and candidemia is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in intensive care units (icus). candidemia has been considered to be a nosocomial infection that is strongly associated with neutropenia, recent surgery or presence of intravascular lines, and previous colonization is an independent risk factor. we evaluated the in vitro efficacy of fluconazole and amphotericin b against yeasts isolated from various clinical specimens o ... | 2005 | 15865609 |
| oral candida colonization of human immunodeficiency virus infected subjects in turkey and its relation with viral load and cd4+ t-lymphocyte count. | the association of asymptomatic oral candida colonization with the markers of immunodeficiency and hiv is not clear yet. in addition, the prevalence of different candida species colonizing the oral cavity of hiv-infected patients in turkey remains unknown. to evaluate these subjects, oral rinse samples were taken from 64 hiv-positive individuals who have come to the department of microbiology and clinical microbiology, istanbul medical faculty for viral load and cd4(+) t-lymphocyte count measure ... | 2007 | 17944711 |
| incidence, etiology and risk factors associated with mortality of nosocomial candidemia in a tertiary care hospital in istanbul, turkey. | the aim of this study was to determine the incidence, etiology and risk factors for mortality of patients with nosocomial candidemia. | 2010 | 20881414 |