Pharmacotherapy

Investigators at Yamaguchi University zero in on pharmacotherapy

Published in Drug Week, October 5th, 2007

"The Japanese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Deep-Seated Mycosis were established in 2003. Proven Candida infection (CI) is defined as at least one positive blood culture yielding a Candida species," researchers in Ube, Japan report.

"Clinically documented Cl requires documentation of more than 2 sites of colonization and a I positive plasma beta-D-glucan test. Possible CI is diagnosed by one of the above criteria in febrile, nonneutropenic critically ill patients. To assess the use of definitions of clinically documented and possible CI for guiding preemptive antifungal therapy in critically ill patients. The patients treated in our intensive care unit...

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