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247. Evaluation of the T2Candida Panel as an Antifungal Stewardship Tool in Transplant and Non-Transplant Patients at a Tertiary Care Center

BACKGROUND: Invasive candidiasis (IC) has a mortality of >30% and likelihood of death increases 50% each day antifungal therapy (AF) is delayed. In patients with suspected IC early empiric AF improves outcomes but has the potential for overuse. Blood cultures (BC) detect ~50% of candidemia with a...

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Autores principales: Sarfraz. Chaudhry, Zohra, Vahia, Amit T, Kathuria, Priya, Doyon-Reale, Nicole, Mayur, Ramesh, Abreu Lanfranco, Odaliz, Del Busto, Ramon, Alangaden, George J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810500/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.322