Discriminating invasive fungal infection from colonization
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Discriminating invasive fungal infection from colonization
We read with interest the article by Xie and colleagues reporting the impact of invasive fungal infection (IFI) on outcomes [1]. In a cohort of 318 intensive care unit patients with severe sepsis they found 90 patients with IFI (28.3%). Ninety-three per cent of the IFIs were caused by Candida species, 3% by Aspergillus species and 4% were unclassified. Predominant sites of infection were the lu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc6835