Treatment of candidemia in adult patients without neutropenia - an inconvenient truth

In 2009 the Infectious Diseases Society of America reviewed the guidelines on the treatment of candidemia in non-neutropenic patients. In this document the preferred treatment was either fluconazole or an echinocandin. Amphotericin-B formulations were considered an alternative. However, careful asse...

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Autores principales: Póvoa, Pedro, Gonçalves-Pereira, João
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21345263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9414
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description In 2009 the Infectious Diseases Society of America reviewed the guidelines on the treatment of candidemia in non-neutropenic patients. In this document the preferred treatment was either fluconazole or an echinocandin. Amphotericin-B formulations were considered an alternative. However, careful assessment of published data showed similar efficacy between these drugs.
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spelling pubmed-32220432012-01-31 Treatment of candidemia in adult patients without neutropenia - an inconvenient truth Póvoa, Pedro Gonçalves-Pereira, João Crit Care Commentary In 2009 the Infectious Diseases Society of America reviewed the guidelines on the treatment of candidemia in non-neutropenic patients. In this document the preferred treatment was either fluconazole or an echinocandin. Amphotericin-B formulations were considered an alternative. However, careful assessment of published data showed similar efficacy between these drugs. BioMed Central 2011 2011-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3222043/ /pubmed/21345263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9414 Text en Copyright ©2011 BioMed Central Ltd
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