Usefulness of the “Candida score” for discriminating between Candida colonization and invasive candidiasis in non-neutropenic critically ill patients: A prospective multicenter study

León, Cristóbal; Ruiz‐Santana, Sergio; Saavedra, Pedro; Galván, Beatriz; Blanco, Armando; Castro, Carmen; Balasini, Carina; Utande-Vázquez, Aránzazu; J. González de Molina, Francisco; A. Blasco-Navalproto, Miguel; José López, María; Charles, Pierre‐Emmanuel; Martín, Estrella; Adela Hernández-Viera, María

doi:10.1097/ccm.0b013e31819daa14

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Usefulness of the “Candida score” for discriminating between Candida colonization and invasive candidiasis in non-neutropenic critically ill patients: A prospective multicenter study

Published in Critical Care Medicine • May 1, 2009

Authors:

Cristóbal León

Sergio Ruiz‐Santana

Pedro Saavedra

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of the "Candida score" (CS) for discriminating between Candida species colonization and invasive candidiasis (IC) in non-neutropenic critically ill patients. A rate of IC or=3 accurately selected patients at high risk for IC. The colonization index was registered ...

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Medicine

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Internal medicine

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