Invasive fungal infections in the icu: How to approach, how to treat

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1085-1119

  Paramythiotou, Elisabeth ^a   Frantzeskaki, Frantzeska ^a   Flevari, Aikaterini ^a   Armaganidis, Apostolos ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fungi; Intensive care unit; Key words: Candida infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCORMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS, INVASIVE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MUCORMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84893061615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules19011085     Document Type: Article

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