What’s new in the clinical and diagnostic management of invasive candidiasis in critically ill patients

β-Glucan Antigenemia Anticipates Diagnosis of Blood Culture–Negative Intraabdominal Candidiasis

(2013) Frederic Tissot et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Clinical Features of Candidiasis in Patients With Inherited Interleukin 12 Receptor β1 Deficiency

(2013) Monia Ouederni et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Editorial Commentary: Candida glabrata and FKS Mutations: Witnessing the Emergence of the True Multidrug-Resistant Candida

(2013) L. Ostrosky-Zeichner   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Finding the “Missing 50%” of Invasive Candidiasis: How Nonculture Diagnostics Will Improve Understanding of Disease Spectrum and Transform Patient Care

(2013) Cornelius J. Clancy et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Epidemiological changes with potential implication for antifungal prescription recommendations for fungaemia: data from a nationwide fungaemia surveillance programme

(2013) M.C. Arendrup et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Invasive Fungal Infections

(2013) Audrey N. Schuetz   CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE

A research agenda on the management of intra-abdominal candidiasis: results from a consensus of multinational experts

(2013) Matteo Bassetti et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, 2012

(2013) R. P. Dellinger et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Intra-abdominal candidiasis: the guidelines—forgotten non-candidemic invasive candidiasis

(2013) Philippe Montravers et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Comparison of (1->3)- -D-Glucan, Mannan/Anti-Mannan Antibodies, and Cand-Tec Candida Antigen as Serum Biomarkers for Candidemia

(2013) J. Held et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Septic Shock Attributed to Candida Infection: Importance of Empiric Therapy and Source Control

(2012) M. Kollef et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

(1,3)- -D-Glucan as a Prognostic Marker of Treatment Response in Invasive Candidiasis

(2012) S. Jaijakul et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of Treatment Strategy on Outcomes in Patients with Candidemia and Other Forms of Invasive Candidiasis: A Patient-Level Quantitative Review of Randomized Trials

(2012) D. R. Andes et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Performance of Candida Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction,  -D-Glucan Assay, and Blood Cultures in the Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis

(2012) M. H. Nguyen et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

ESCMID* *This guideline was presented in part at ECCMID 2011. European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012: non-neutropenic adult patients

(2012) O.A. Cornely et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

ESCMID* *This guideline was presented in part at ECCMID 2011. European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012: diagnostic procedures

(2012) M. Cuenca-Estrella et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Systemic antifungal therapy in critically ill patients without invasive fungal infection*

(2012) Elie Azoulay et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Epidemiology and outcomes of candidemia in 3648 patients: data from the Prospective Antifungal Therapy (PATH Alliance®) registry, 2004–2008

(2012) Michael Pfaller et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Evolución del consumo de antifúngicos en pacientes críticos. Estudio multicéntrico observacional, 2006-2010

(2012) Pedro M. Olaechea-Astigarraga et al.   ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA

Diagnóstico de laboratorio de la enfermedad fúngica invasora

(2012) Manuel Cuenca-Estrella   ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA

Value of β-d-glucan and Candida albicans germ tube antibody for discriminating between Candida colonization and invasive candidiasis in patients with severe abdominal conditions

(2012) Cristóbal León et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

β-D-glucan Surveillance with Preemptive Anidulafungin for Invasive Candidiasis in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study

(2012) Kimberly E. Hanson et al.   PLoS One

Clinical factors associated with a Candida albicansGerm Tube Antibody positive test in Intensive Care Unit patients

(2011) Javier Pemán et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical Performance of the (1,3)-β-d-Glucan Assay in Early Diagnosis of Nosocomial Candida Bloodstream Infections

(2011) Valerio Del Bono et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

 -D-Glucan Assay for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections: A Meta-analysis

(2011) D. E. Karageorgopoulos et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Candidemic complications in patients with intravascular catheters colonized with Candida species: an indication for preemptive antifungal therapy?

(2011) N.H.J. Leenders et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in the ICU

(2011) Philippe Eggimann et al.   Annals of Intensive Care

Evaluation of "Candida score" in critically ill patients: a prospective, multicenter, observational, cohort study

(2011) Guillaume Leroy et al.   Annals of Intensive Care

A multicentre study of antifungal strategies and outcome of Candida spp. peritonitis in intensive-care units

(2010) P. Montravers et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care units: Analysis of the extended prevalence of infection in intensive care unit study*

(2010) Daniel H. Kett et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

PCR Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2010) T. Avni et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prospective Survey of (1->3)- -D-Glucan and Its Relationship to Invasive Candidiasis in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit Setting

(2010) J. F. Mohr et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Early treatment of candidemia in adults: a review

(2010) Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Effect of Antifungal Therapy Timing on Mortality in Cancer Patients with Candidemia

(2009) Y. Taur et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Candidiasis: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2009) Peter G. Pappas et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evolving role of early antifungals in the adult intensive care unit

(2009) Simon W. Lam et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Epidemiology, management, and risk factors for death of invasive Candida infections in critical care: A multicenter, prospective, observational study in France (2005–2006)

(2009) Olivier Leroy et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Usefulness of the “Candida score” for discriminating between Candida colonization and invasive candidiasis in non-neutropenic critically ill patients: A prospective multicenter study

(2009) Cristóbal León et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

PCR-based diagnosis of human fungal infections

(2009) Prasanna D Khot et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

The Epidemiology of Intra-Abdominal Flora in Critically Ill Patients with Secondary and Tertiary Abdominal Sepsis

(2009) J. de Ruiter et al.   INFECTION

International Study of the Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection in Intensive Care Units

(2009) Jean-Louis Vincent   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Variation in Susceptibility of Bloodstream Isolates of Candida glabrata to Fluconazole According to Patient Age and Geographic Location in the United States in 2001 to 2007

(2009) M. A. Pfaller et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Improvement of a clinical prediction rule for clinical trials on prophylaxis for invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit

(2009) Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner et al.   MYCOSES

Molecular Epidemiology of Candidemia: Evidence of Clusters of Smoldering Nosocomial Infections

(2008) Lena Rós Ásmundsdóttir et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Prospective Clinical Trial of a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Candidemia in Nonneutropenic, Critically Ill Adults

(2008) R. McMullan et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

(2008) Ben De Pauw et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Fungal colonization and/or infection in non-neutropenic critically ill patients: results of the EPCAN observational study

(2008) C. León et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Secular Trends in Candidemia-Related Hospitalization in the United States, 2000–2005

(2008) Marya D. Zilberberg et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Invasive candidiasis in long-term patients at a multidisciplinary intensive care unit: Candida colonization index, risk factors, treatment and outcome

(2008) Christina Agvald-Öhman et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES