Objectives To assess the quality of antifungal use, to propose a point score for this
evaluation and to estimate the potential economic savings of an antifungal stewardship …

Background. Patients undergoing emergency gastrointestinal surgery for intra-abdominal
infection are at risk of invasive candidiasis (IC) and candidates for preemptive antifungal …

Abstract Background (1, 3)-β-d-Glucan has been widely used in clinical practice for the
diagnosis of invasive Candida infections. However, such serum biomarker showed potential …

Objective Candida spp. airway colonization could promote development of ventilator-
associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a potentially multidrug …

Background Invasive candidiasis (IC) is a devastating disease. While prompt antifungal
therapy improves outcomes, empiric treatment based on the presence of fever has little …

Blood cultures are positive for Candida species in< 50% and< 20% of hematogenously
disseminated and intra-abdominal candidiasis, respectively. Non-culture tests such as …

Abstract Background. Invasive Candida infection among nonneutropenic, critically ill adults
is a clinical problem that has received increasing attention in recent years. Poor …

Introduction Although prompt initiation of appropriate antifungal therapy is essential for the
control of invasive Candida infections and an improvement of prognosis, early diagnosis of …

Background Candida represents the most common cause of invasive fungal disease, and
candidal blood stream infections (CBSI) are prevalent in the ICU. Inappropriate antifungal …

Background: Morbidity and mortality remain high for patients with invasive fungal infections
(IFIs) despite an increasing number of antifungals and other treatments. Many studies …