ESCMID guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012: Adults with haematological malignancies and after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT)

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL.7, 2012, Pages 53-67

  Ullmann, A J ^a   Akova, M ^b   Herbrecht, R ^c   Viscoli, C ^d   Arendrup, M C ^e   Arikan Akdagli, S ^b   Bassetti, M ^f   Bille, J ^g   Calandra, T ^g   Castagnola, E ^h   Cornely, O A ⁱ   Donnelly, J P ^j   Garbino, J ^k   Groll, A H ^l   Hope, W W ^m   Jensen, H E ⁿ   Kullberg, B J ^j   Lass Florl C ^o   Lortholary, O ^p,q   Meersseman, W ^r   Petrikkos, G ^s   Richardson, M D ^t   Roilides, E ^u   Verweij, P E ^j   Cuenca Estrella, M ^v   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f S Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^h G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^o INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^p UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^q INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^u ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^v INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Candida; European; Guideline; Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Malignancies

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; RITUXIMAB; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ESCMID GUIDELINE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 84867716124     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12041     Document Type: Article

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