Contribution of the Pittet's index, antigen assay, IgM, and total antibodies in the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in intensive care unit

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 113-118

  Eloy, O ^a   Marque, S ^a   Mourvilliers, B ^a   Pina, P ^a   Allouch, P Y ^a   Pangon, B ^a   Bedos, J P ^a   Ghnassia, J C ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Candida colonization; Candida infection; diagnosis; Intensive care unit; Mannan antigenemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MANNAN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM;

CANDIDA;

EID: 33749053843     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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