%0 Journal Article
%T 1722. The Changing Epidemiology of Candidemia in the United States: Injection Drug Use as an Emerging Risk Factor for Candidemia
%J Archive of "Open Forum Infectious Diseases".
%D 2018
%R 10.1093/ofid/ofy209.128
%X Known risk factors for candidemia include diabetes, malignancy, antibiotics, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), prolonged hospitalization, abdominal surgery, and central venous catheters. Injection drug use (IDU) is not a common risk factor. We used data from CDC Emerging Infections Program¡¯s candidemia surveillance to assess prevalence of IDU among candidemia cases and compare IDU and non-IDU cases
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253027/