Early diagnosis of candidemia in intensive care unit patients with sepsis: a prospective comparison of (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay, Candida score, and colonization index

INTRODUCTION: The culture-independent serum (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BG) detection test may allow early diagnosis of invasive fungal disease, but its clinical usefulness needs to be firmly established. A prospective single-center observational study was conducted to compare the diagnostic value of BG assay...

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Main Authors:	Posteraro, Brunella, De Pascale, Gennaro, Tumbarello, Mario, Torelli, Riccardo, Pennisi, Mariano Alberto, Bello, Giuseppe, Maviglia, Riccardo, Fadda, Giovanni, Sanguinetti, Maurizio, Antonelli, Massimo
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	BioMed Central 2011
Subjects:	Research
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3334800/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22018278 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10507
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Early diagnosis of candidemia in intensive care unit patients with sepsis: a prospective comparison of (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay, Candida score, and colonization index

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