Highlights from the 5 th Trends in Medical Mycology ( TIMM ) congress
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Dr Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner (Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Centre, Houston, USA) reported latest progress in developing predictive risk scores for invasive candidiasis (IC) in ICU patients – now responsible for 5-10% of ICU-acquired infections, with mortality comparable to that of severe sepsis/septic shock. A risk score based on ICU stay for at least 3 days, mechanical ventilation, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and central venous catheter, together with at least one of: parenteral nutrition, dialysis, pancreatitis, systemic steroids, or other systemic immunosuppressive agents can identify patients at high risk (>10%) of IC, who benefit from caspofungin prophylaxis.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011