About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
The nuse works within the cultural mores of American families.
Funeral Rituals and Practices among U.S. Cultural Groups