Serum procalcitonin levels in critically ill patients colonized with Candida spp: New clues for the early recognition of invasive candidiasis?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2146-2150

  Charles, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Castro, Carmen ^b   Ruiz Santana, Sergio ^c   León, Cristóbal ^b   Saavedra, Pedro ^d   Martín, Estrella ^b  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida sp.; Colonization; Critically ill; Invasive candidiasis; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCITONIN; CANDIDIASIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70949092297     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1623-0     Document Type: Article

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