A bedside scoring system (“Candida score”) for early antifungal treatment in nonneutropenic critically ill patients with Candida colonization*

León, Cristóbal; Ruiz‐Santana, Sergio; Saavedra, Pedro; Almirante, Benito; Nolla‐Salas, Juan; Álvarez-Lerma, Francisco; Garnacho‐Montero, José; A. Mendes de Leon, M.

doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000202208.37364.7d

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A bedside scoring system (“Candida score”) for early antifungal treatment in nonneutropenic critically ill patients with Candida colonization*

Published in Critical Care Medicine • Feb 22, 2006

Authors:

Cristóbal León

Sergio Ruiz‐Santana

Pedro Saavedra

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a score for deciding early antifungal treatment when candidal infection is suspected in nonneutropenic critically ill patients. DESIGN: Analysis of data collected from the database of the EPCAN project, an ongoing prospective, cohort, observational, multicenter surveillance stud...

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Medicine

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Intensive care unit

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