Candida and severe acute pancreatitis: We won't be fooled again

Several studies have suggested a role of candida in infected cases of severe acute pancreatitis. This commentary reports high incidence and mortality rates of candida infection in this setting and demonstrates the value of the colonization index to detect patients at risk for fungal infection. These...

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Autores principales: Montravers, Philippe, Boudinet, Sandrine, Houissa, Hamda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23659783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc12613
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description Several studies have suggested a role of candida in infected cases of severe acute pancreatitis. This commentary reports high incidence and mortality rates of candida infection in this setting and demonstrates the value of the colonization index to detect patients at risk for fungal infection. These findings indicate the need to review the place of antifungal therapy and prophylaxis.
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spelling pubmed-36727042014-05-01 Candida and severe acute pancreatitis: We won't be fooled again Montravers, Philippe Boudinet, Sandrine Houissa, Hamda Crit Care Commentary Several studies have suggested a role of candida in infected cases of severe acute pancreatitis. This commentary reports high incidence and mortality rates of candida infection in this setting and demonstrates the value of the colonization index to detect patients at risk for fungal infection. These findings indicate the need to review the place of antifungal therapy and prophylaxis. BioMed Central 2013 2013-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3672704/ /pubmed/23659783 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc12613 Text en Copyright © 2013 BioMed Central Ltd
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Candida and severe acute pancreatitis: We won't be fooled again
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title_short Candida and severe acute pancreatitis: We won't be fooled again
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