ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To use multivariate analysis to determine risk factors for death among pediatric patients with candidemia and a central venous catheter in place. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study conducted at Santa Casa Complexo Hospitalar, a 1,200-bed teaching hospital in southern Brazil. METHODS: All cases of candidemia in pediatric patients (age, Subject(s)
Candidiasis/mortality
, Catheterization, Central Venous/statistics & numerical data
, Adolescent
, Candidiasis/microbiology
, Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse effects
, Child
, Child, Preschool
, Cohort Studies
, Cross Infection/microbiology
, Cross Infection/mortality
, Female
, Fungemia/microbiology
, Fungemia/mortality
, Humans
, Infant
, Infant, Newborn
, Infection Control/methods
, Male
, Multivariate Analysis
, Retrospective Studies
, Risk Factors
