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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Timsit JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4335794 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Timsit Jean-François JF Chemam Sarah S Bailly Sébastien S
F1000prime reports 20150203
The potential of the systemic antifungal treatment of non-immunocompromised patients with sepsis, extra-digestive Candida colonization and multiple organ failure is unknown, although it represents three out of four antifungal treatments prescribed in intensive care units. It may allow an early treatment of invasive fungal infection at incubation phase, but exposes patients to unnecessary antifungal treatments with subsequent costs and antifungal selection pressure. As early diagnostic tests for ...[more]