The preemptive treatment of invasive Candida infection with reference of corrected colonization index in critically ill patients: A multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled clinical study

Chinese Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 525-528

  Wang, Dong Hao ^a   Gao, Xin Jing ^b   Wei, Lu Qing ^b   Xia, Rut ^b   Sun, Liang ^b   Li, Qing ^b   Peng, Min ^b   Qin, Ying Zhi ^b  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corrected colonization index; Intensive care unit; Invasive Candida infection; Preemptive treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; AGED; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349653809     PISSN: 10030603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-0603.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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