Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Complications of Candidaemia in Adults: Focus on Endophthalmitis, Endocarditis, and Osteoarticular Infections

Candidaemia is a nosocomial bloodstream infection with a high mortality rate (Asmundsdottir et al., 2002; Bassetti et al., 2014). Candida species can disseminate to various organs, causing complications that not only are difficult to treat but also require surgical intervention and cause sequelae (Kauffman, 2015). Candida endophthalmitis is the most common complication of candidaemia and occurs in 2 –16% of patients with candidaemia (Feman et al., 2002; Oude Lashof et al., 2011; Huynh et al., 2012; Geraymovych et al., 2015).
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research