Candidemia

Prior sepsis, current GI pathology are risk factors for neonatal ICU patients

Published in Blood Weekly, November 10th, 2005

Prior sepsis and current gastroenterologic disease are risk factors for candidemia in critically ill infants.

"To determine risk factors for late-onset candidemia among infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)," pediatricians in New York "performed a matched case-control study from March 2001 to January 2003 in two level III-IV NICUs."

"Case subjects had candidemia diagnosed more than 48 hours after hospitalization," noted K.N. Feja and coauthors at Columbia University. "Control subjects (three per case) were matched by study site, birth weight, study year, and date of enrollment."

"Potential risk factors included...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-11-10)

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