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. 2024 May 2;4(1):e69.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.25. eCollection 2024.

Risk factors for healthcare-associated candidemia in adults hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Zachary M Most  1 , John J Hanna  2   3   4   5 , Alexander P Radunsky  2 , Lauren N Cooper  3 , Christoph U Lehmann  3   6   7 , Trish M Perl  2   6 , Richard J Medford  2   3   4   5
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Risk factors for healthcare-associated candidemia in adults hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Zachary M Most et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. .

Abstract

Analyzing data from a national deidentified electronic health record-based data set using a matched case-control study design, we found that antibiotic use and severity of illness were independent risk factors for healthcare-associated candidemia in adult patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Interleukin-6 inhibitor and corticosteroid use were not independent risk factors.

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