Medicina intensiva
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Due to the increase in isolation of Candida spp. in critically ill patients, and the high mortality and economic costs which this infection entails, a study was made of the risk factors associated to candidemia in critically ill patients from 7 intensive care units in Colombia. ⋯ In Colombia, a long hospital stay, abdominal surgery, the use of meropenem and hemodialysis were identified as risk factors for candidemia.
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Letter Case Reports
Anti-NMDA antibody encephalitis secondary to herpes simplex virus infection.