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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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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