Risk factors for invasive candidiasis
Epidemiology and risk factors for invasive candidiasis
... at risk for opportunistic infections, especially fungal ...infections. Candidiasis is one of the most frequent fungal infections determined in these immunosuppressive patients and its epidemiology has ...
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Invasive candidiasis in low birth weight preterm infants: risk factors, clinical course and outcome in a prospective multicenter study of cases and their matched controls
... Variables related to the drug, dose, timing and duration of treatment did not affect the mortality rate in IC cases. Prompt treatment and appropriate dosing for neonatal IC are felt to be important management strategies ...
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Surveillance study of the prevalence, species distribution, antifungal susceptibility, risk factors and mortality of invasive candidiasis in a tertiary teaching hospital in Southwest China
... susceptibility, risk factors and mortality of inpatients with invasive Candida infection in a regional tertiary teaching hospital in Southwest ...with invasive Candida infection during the ...
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Comparison of the incidence, clinical features and outcomes of invasive candidiasis in children and neonates
... The strengths of our study include the systematic identification of specific species of Candida isolates, the systemic collection of clinical data, and the fact that this is the first report that focuses specifically on ...
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Diagnosing Invasive Candidiasis
... of risk factors for candidiasis, severity of illness, physical findings, imaging and lab data, and the possibility of alternative etiologies may increase or decrease the pretest likelihood of ...have ...
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Diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in the ICU
... Invasive candidiasis ranges from 5 to 10 cases per 1,000 ICU admissions and represents 5% to 10% of all ICU-acquired infections, with an overall mortality comparable to that of severe sepsis/septic ...
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Neonatal Candidiasis: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Judgment
... Trained research personnel collected maternal demographic, perinatal, and delivery data as well as infant data un- til the first of the following end points: positive blood culture for candidiasis; discharge; ...
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Epidemiology and antifungal resistance in invasive candidiasis
... an invasive mycosis was listed on the death certificate (multiple-cause mortality) increased from 1557 to 6534” (table 1, ...as risk factors for invasive candidia ...
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Consensus statement on the management of invasive candidiasis in Indian scenario
... of invasive fungal infections; hence further tests are needed to identify the specific ...intra-abdominal candidiasis, it can be invaluable in detecting deep-seated candidiasis when blood cultures ...
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Invasive candidiasis as a cause of sepsis in the critically ill patient.
... Risk Factors Candida is part of the normal skin, vaginal, and gastrointestinal ...major risk factor allowing for fungal overgrowth on mucosal and skin ...
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Invasive fungal disease in PICU: epidemiology and risk factors
... for invasive fungal infections in ...children, invasive candidiasis is five times more frequent than invasive ...children. Invasive aspergillosis is more often associated with ...
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PCR Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis: Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
... The current gold standard for the diagnosis of IC is blood culture, which takes 24 to 48 h to become positive (16). Iden- tification of the specific Candida sp. might take even longer, delaying appropriate antifungal ...
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Diagnosis and management of invasive candidiasis in the ICU: an updated approach to an old enemy
... Background Invasive fungal infections in critically ill patients are as- sociated with considerable morbidity and ...patients, invasive asper- gillosis is associated with higher morbidity and mortality ...
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Epidemiology of invasive candidiasis in a surgical intensive care unit: an observational study
... 17. Nucci M, Queiroz-Telles F, Tobón AM, Restrepo A, Colombo AL. Epidemiol- ogy of opportunistic fungal infections in Latin America. Clin Infect Dis. 2010;51:561–70. 18. Pratikaki M, Platsouka E, Sotiropoulou C, Douka E, ...
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Echinocandins for management of invasive candidiasis in patients with liver disease and liver transplantation
... al risk prediction models for IC have been designed based on risk factors, clinical and microbiological ...the risk of developing IC (specificity: 79%, sensitivity: 67% and predictive valid- ...
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Retrospective cohort study comparing the risk of severe hepatotoxicity in hospitalized patients treated with echinocandins for invasive candidiasis in the presence of confounding by indication
... distinct candidiasis ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes involving different organs, Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) [15, 16], specific comorbid conditions ...database), risk factors for fungal infections that ...
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Bench to bedside review: Therapeutic management of invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit
... for invasive candidiasis, both at local and worldwide levels, has been changing – shifting from Candida albicans to non-albicans species, which can be resistant to fl uconazole (Candida krusei and Candida ...
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Invasive candidiasis: comparison of management choices by infectious disease and critical care specialists
... of invasive candidiasis in the presence of risk factors for infection and/or significant Candida colonization [13, 14, ...leading risk factor for infection in most series in which it ...
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Weekly use of fluconazole as prophylaxis in haematological patients at risk for invasive candidiasis
... of invasive candidiasis with ...other factors playing a role in preventing invasive candid- iasis like the strict reverse isolation practice, optimized central venous catheter care, or high ...
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Micafungin in the treatment of invasive candidiasis and invasive aspergillosis
... of invasive fungal ...of invasive candidiasis/candidemia (Pappas et al ...esophageal candidiasis, such an effect was not observed in this study as micafungin 100 mg/day was as effective as the ...
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