Inappropriate empiric antifungal therapy for candidemia in the ICU and hospital resource utilization: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Candida represents the most common cause of invasive fungal disease, and candidal blood stream infections (CBSI) are prevalent in the ICU. Inappropriate antifungal therapy (IAT) is known to increase a patient's risk for death. We hypothesized that in an ICU cohort it would also adve...

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Autores principales: Zilberberg, Marya D, Kollef, Marin H, Arnold, Heather, Labelle, Andrew, Micek, Scott T, Kothari, Smita, Shorr, Andrew F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20525301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-150

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20525301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-150

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