Factors associated with candiduria and related mortality

• Published in: The Journal of infection Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 450 - 455
• Main Authors: Paul, Navin, Mathai, Elizabeth, Abraham, O.C., Michael, Joy S., Mathai, Dilip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2007; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibacterial agents; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the urinary system; Bacteriuria - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Glucose - analysis; Candida - isolation & purification; Candida tropicalis; Candidiasis - epidemiology; Candidiasis - mortality; Candiduria; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Critical Care; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Prospective Studies; Renal Insufficiency; Risk Factors; Urinary Catheterization; Urinary tract infections; Urinary Tract Infections - microbiology; Urinary Tract Infections - mortality; India; Candiduria; Urinary tract infections; Kidney disease; Human; Candidiasis; Urinary system disease; Prognosis; Mycosis; Bacteriuria; Mortality; Urinary tract disease; Fungi; Infection; Symptomatology; Urinary tract infection; Renal failure; Candida tropicalis; Fungi Imperfecti; Antibacterial agent; Predictive factor; Thallophyta

Although candiduria and bacteriuria have many attributes in common, little data is available regarding factors associated specifically with candiduria. Despite the high mortality in subjects with candiduria, factors associated with such mortality have not been studied. We undertook a single-center c...