TY - JOUR AU - Yang, Zhi-Tao AU - Wu, Lin AU - Liu, Xiao-Ying AU - Zhou, Min AU - Li, Jie AU - Wu, Jia-Yin AU - Cai, Yong AU - Mao, En-Qiang AU - Chen, Er-Zhen AU - Lortholary, Olivier PY - 2014 DA - 2014/05/06 TI - Epidemiology, species distribution and outcome of nosocomial Candida spp.bloodstream infection in Shanghai JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 241 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Yeasts, mostly Candida, are important causes of bloodstream infections (BSI), responsible for significant mortality and morbidity among hospitalized patients. The epidemiology and species distribution vary from different regions. The goals of this study were to report the current epidemiology of Candida BSI in a Shanghai Teaching Hospital and estimate the impact of appropriate antifungal therapy on the outcome. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-241 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-14-241 ID - Yang2014 ER -