Clinical Features and Mortality of Nosocomial Candidemia in Very Old Patients: A Multicentre Italian Study
Gerontology
Fecha de publicación: October 16, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000510638
Autores: Zatta M., Di Bella S., Giacobbe D.R., Del Puente F.,Merelli M.,Azzini A.M., Brugnaro P., Vedovelli C., Cattelan A.M., Busetti M., Gatti G., Bassetti M., Luzzati R.
Background: Being elderly is a well-known risk factor for candidemia, but few data are available on the prognostic impact of candidemia in the very old (VO) subjects, as defined as people aged ≥75 years.