Risk factors for healthcare-associated candidemia in adults hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol

Division of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

Published: May 2024

Analyzing data from a national deidentified electronic health record-based data set using a matched case-control study design, we found that antibiotic use and severity of illness were independent risk factors for healthcare-associated candidemia in adult patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Interleukin-6 inhibitor and corticosteroid use were not independent risk factors.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11077599PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.25DOI Listing

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