Pro/con debate: Antifungal prophylaxis is important to prevent fungal infection in patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics

Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Eggimann, Philippe ^a   Jamdar, Saurabh ^b   Siriwardena, Ajith K ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING;

EID: 34249290219     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5025     Document Type: Review

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