TY - JOUR
TI - Candiduria in intensive care units: association with heavy colonization
and candidaemia
AU - Toya, S. P.
AU - Schraufnagel, D. E.
AU - Tzelepis, G. E.
JO - JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
PY - 2007
VL - 66
TODO - 3
SP - 201-206
PB - W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
SN - 0195-6701
TODO - 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.03.028
TODO - candidiasis; candiduria; ICU; colonization
TODO - Candiduria is increasingly detected in intensive care unit (ICU)
patients and often coexists with candidal colonization at other
anatomical, sites. Studies involving surgical. and medical ICU patients
have consistentty reported a relationship between candiduria and heavy
colonization. This suggests that candiduria could be considered as a
marker for heavy colonization. Risk factors that predispose to heavy
colonization are generally similar to those predisposing to candidaemia.
Candiduria in ICU patients is characterized by a high mortality, largely
through a significant relationship with candidaemia, which in some
patients may reach 50%. Therapeutic interventions should be strongly
considered in the critically itt patient who presents with candiduria
and concurrent clinical. risk factors predisposing to dissemination. (C)
2007 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All
rights reserved.
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