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Invasive Candidiasis in pediatric patients at King Fahad Medical City in Central Saudi Arabia

A 5-year retrospective study

Zainab Almoosa, Gasmelseed Y. Ahmed, Abeer Omran, Ayah AlSarheed, Afnan Alturki, Abdulaziz Alaqeel, Mohammed Alshehri, Tariq Alfawaz and Dayel Alshahrani
Saudi Medical Journal November 2017, 38 (11) 1118-1124; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.11.21116
Zainab Almoosa
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Gasmelseed Y. Ahmed
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abeer Omran
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ayah AlSarheed
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Afnan Alturki
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz Alaqeel
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Alshehri
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Tariq Alfawaz
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Dayel Alshahrani
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 38 no. 11 1118-1124
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.11.21116
PubMed 
29114700

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received June 20, 2017
  • Accepted August 16, 2017
  • Published online November 1, 2017.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Zainab Almoosa, MD,
  2. Gasmelseed Y. Ahmed, MD,
  3. Abeer Omran, MD,
  4. Ayah AlSarheed, BCSC,
  5. Afnan Alturki, MD,
  6. Abdulaziz Alaqeel, BCAS,
  7. Mohammed Alshehri, MD,
  8. Tariq Alfawaz, MD and
  9. Dayel Alshahrani, MD⇑
  1. From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Almoosa), Department of Pediatric, from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Ahmed, Alshehri, Alfawaz), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Al-Ahsa, from Pediatric Infectious Disease Section (Omran), Department of Pediatric, Alyamama Hospital, from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alshahrani), Department of Pediatrics (Alturki), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Microbiology (Alaqeel), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Dayel AlShahrani, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section, Pediatric Department, Children’s Specialized Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: daalshahrani{at}kfmc.med.sa ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1821-8943
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