Background Current guidelines recommend empirical antifungal therapy in patients with
sepsis with high risk of invasive Candida infection. However, many different risk factors have …

Candidemia and invasive candidiasis are major causes of morbidity and mortality, and their
incidence is increasing because of the growing complexity of patients. Five species of …

The EORTC/MSGERC recently revised and updated the consensus definitions of invasive
fungal disease (IFD). These definitions primarily focus on patients with cancer and stem cell …

It is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among
patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect to particular …

Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 (Suppl. 7): 19–37 Abstract This part of the EFISG guidelines
focuses on non‐neutropenic adult patients. Only a few of the numerous recommendations …

Background: Fungal infections are of increasing incidence and importance in
immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. Timely diagnosis relies on …

Background. Delayed treatment of candidemia has previously been shown to be an
important determinant of patient outcome. However, septic shock attributed to Candida …

Invasive candidiasis (IC) is a serious infection caused by several Candida species, and the
most common fungal disease in hospitals in high-income countries. Despite overall …

Galactomannan detection in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples (GM test) is
currently considered the gold standard test for diagnosing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis …

Purpose To describe concisely the current standards of care, major recent advances,
common beliefs that have been contradicted by recent trials, areas of uncertainty, and …