Multifocal Candida species colonization as a trigger for early antifungal therapy in critically ill patients: What about other risk factors for fungal infection?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 913-914

  Charles, Pierre Emmanuel ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antifungal drugs; Candida albicans; Fungal colonization; Invasive candidiasis; Preemptive therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYCOSIS; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33644588012     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000202435.98240.ED     Document Type: Editorial

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