Invasive Candida species infection: the importance of adequate empirical antifungal therapy
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Adequacy of empirical antifungal therapy and effect on outcome among patients with invasive Candida species infections.
OBJECTIVES Although inadequate antimicrobial therapy has been demonstrated in multiple studies to increase the risk for death in bacterial infections, few data investigating the effect of antifungal therapy on outcome of serious fungal disease are available. We sought to assess the adequacy of empirical therapy and its effect on mortality in invasive Candida species infections. METHODS Popula...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1460-2091,0305-7453
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm260