Systemic antifungal therapy was used in 7.5% of intensive care unit patients. Two-thirds of patients given systemic antifungal therapy had no documented invasive fungal infection.
Our results warrant a trial of systemic antifungal therapy in severely ill intensive care unit septic patients without documented invasive fungal infection based on their severity of illness and the presence of Candida colonization.
2012-02-20
Eng.
Critical care medicine
Paris 7 University, EA, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France.
Crit Care Med. 2012 Mar;40(3):813-22
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